MP aspirant to use car loan for Educ fund

THE aspiring Member of Parliament for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Okaikoi South Constituency, Mr Isaac Mensah has promised to use his MP’s car loan as seed money for an Educational Fund for the youth in the constituency if voted into Parliament.
He said, he saw no reason why he should ride in an expensive car that cost almost $25,000 when the youth in his constituency had no job because they could not afford the cost of tertiary and secondary education.
Speaking at a rally at the constituency in Accra, Mr Mensah said the fact can not be denied that education had been paramount on the agenda of NDC and still remained the number on their agenda.
Comparing the NDC’s past record on education to that of the current administration, Mr Mensah said the NDC during their time in power built more schools, particularly polytechnics than the current administration.
He said, he believed that if voted into power the fund he intends to set up would yield positive result in the shortest possible time, reducing the burden on parents who could not support the children’s education in the constituency.
He nonetheless bemoaned the fact that a constituency that had the Minister of Manpower, Youth and Employment, Nana Akomeah as its MP had no educational fund from which the youth in his constituency could benefit from.
According to him, the constituency had a lot of young football talents and to exploit their talent he would ensure that the fund also supports footballers in the area to pursue their career at greater heights or assist them to play professional soccer outside the country so that they can also support their communities.
He said majority of Ghanaians were suffering, adding that when given the nod, he would bring Parliament to the door steps of the people.
He therefore urged all registered voters in the constituency to vote for the NDC presidential aspirant, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills as the next president of Ghana and for him as their MP for a better change in their lives.
Amidst drumming and dancing, speaker after speaker explained to the crowd why they should vote for Prof. Mills and Mr Mensah and not repeat the mistake they made in 2004, now that they had realised that they were not part of the property owning democracy as propagated by the president, Mr John Agyekum Kufour.
A former Minister of Communication in the past NDC government, Mr Ekow Spio-Gabrah said the difference between the NDC and the NPP was that, “NDC thinks about the needs of the ordinary Ghanaian but the NPP does not”.
The reason he noted was because the NPP’s idea of affordable housing for the ordinary Ghanaian was not realistic as they indicated, stating that the houses that the NPP claimed were affordable were not all, because it was only the rich in society who could purchase such houses that were located in expensive neighbourhoods.
He said Prof. Mills was hardworking, God fearing and a compassionate man who cared about the needs of the ordinary Ghanaian and therefore urged all registered voters to vote for him come the general elections in December.