Election 2020: My victory a new dawn for women in Southern Volta – Gomashie
The Member of Parliament elect for the Ketu South Constituency, Madam Abla Dzifa Gomashie has indicated that her victory at the polls would open the gate for more women in the southern part of Volta to venture into politics and other life-changing spheres of work.
The former Deputy Minister of Tourism under the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama became the first woman to have contested and won a parliamentary election on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress in any of the constituencies in Southern Volta that includes Ketu South, Ketu North, Keta, Anlo, South Tongu Akatsi North and Akatsi South.
Dzodze resident s massive celebrations in the Volta region following Akufo-Addo s win
It was all joy and merry-making in Dzodze, the municipal capital of Ketu North, following the Electoral Commission s declaration of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as President-Elect of the republic.
Few hours after the much-awaited declaration was made, sympathizers of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the municipality, hundreds of them, thronged the district office of the party to celebrate.
Though the NPP parliamentary candidate in the constituency, Hon. Samuel Kofi Dzamesi lost to the incumbent, Hon. Dr. James Klutse Avedzi for the fourth consecutive time, that did not deter the party sympathizers from jubilating over Akufo Addo s victory.