[ 2016-12-12 ]

Why I lost Navrongo Central seat - Mark Woyongo
Defeated lawmaker for Navrongo Central in the
Upper East Region, Mark Owen Woyongo says it not
strange losing the seat though he least expected
to have been defeated in that manner.

According to him, there is no strange feeling
losing the seat since this is not the first time
he has contested an election on the ticket of the
party and lost in the same constituency.

He states that the defeat was not expected
considering what he had done in the area under his
tenure blaming it on the delays in the release of
feeding grants to second cycle institutions
leading to intermittent closure of schools.

“My area is full of educational institutions and
this is one of the reasons that caused my defeat.
During my campaigns, everywhere I went the people
complained about it and nothing was being done to
improve the situation”, he disclosed on the
Ultimate Breakfast Show hosted by Lantam Papanko.

The Former interior minister also stated that the
introduction of certain policies by government
including the scrapping of teacher and nursing
allowances worked against his candidature coupled
with the astronomical increase in electricity and
water tariffs.

“As I said earlier, there were a combination
factors including the lack of jobs for the teeming
youth, the failure and complacency of some party
executives to work because they felt we had done
much and there was no need to stress themselves
and government policies affected my fortunes”,
he added.

Source - Ultimatefm

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