Owusu-Ankomah calls for collaboration among politicians

Papa Owusu-Ankomah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekondi Constituency, has called for collaboration among politicians in accelerating the development of the country.

He said politics was an opportunity to serve and better the lives of people, irrespective of the government of the day.

Papa Owusu-Ankomah said this when he, together with other four New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs, participated in the first meeting of the fourth session of the sixth assembly sitting of the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly.

The four are: Mr Joe Ghartey,  MP for Essikado-Ketan; Mr Joseph Cudjoe,  MP for Effia; Mr Joe Baidoo-Ansah, MP for Kwesimintsim; and Kojo Okyere-Darko, MP for Takoradi.

The five MPs took turns to address the assembly members on issues such as road infrastructure and sanitation.

Mr Okyere-Darko called on the assembly to re-position itself as the twin-city of Africa through proper branding of the assembly’s works and achievement.

Mr Ghartey called for the inclusion of traditional authorities in assembly sittings as they were in direct contact with the people.

Mr Cudjoe called on the assembly to improve the drainage systems within the metropolis.

Mr Baidoo-Ansah stressed the important role assembly members played in ensuring development at the local level, and urged them to form closer collaboration with their MPs.

Capt. Anthony Cudjoe, the Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), said the assembly bagged over ¢1.6 million as revenue for the first quarter of the year. — GNA