Youth In Anyaa Sowutuom Constituency Vows To sell Their Vote To Anyone Willing To Win The Parliamentary Seat.

 

As today happens to be the day set by the United Nations to put youth interest into consideration, youth in Anyaa Sowutuom have voiced out their frustrations to the current MP and also incoming MP.

In a survey conducted by the Eagle Eye Election Team, it was observed that the many citizens in that constituency have lost interest in elections. On a scale of 10 – 100, only 40% stated clearly that they will go and vote, but 60% made it clear that since the Anyaa Sowutuom Constituency was created, they have not seen any developmental projects so they will not waste time joining a long queue to vote.

During the survey, about 55% of the youth stated that, they will not vote but if any aspiring Member of Parliament wants to win the election, they will sell their votes so that even if they see no improvement in their constituency after election, it won’t be a problem to them since they have benefited in their own way. Prince Yeboah, a 23 year old entrepreneur outlined few reasons why the youth are not going to vote until they get money from any interested party.  

“Since the creation of Anyaa Sowutuom Constituency in the year 2012, NPP lead by Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway won the seat till now and she is still the MP for this constituency but we have seen little to no improvements here. Everything clearly shows that the development of this constituency is not important to the ruling party and we are also not willing to vote for NDC so for that matter, we will sleep, but if anyone is willing and ready to give us cash; we will vote for him/her. As for Hon. Shirley, we are very disappointed in her, she is lucky to pull out of contesting in this constituency, we would have disgraced her by voting against her”. He stated

He also added that the constituency lacks good roads and there is no jobs. The youth complete school and waste their life roaming because they have no opportunities at their disposal. But they are also willing to support anybody who is going to bring many developmental projects to their constituency.

2016 Parliamentary Election

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
NPP	Sirley Ayorkor Botchway	54,165	69.06
NDC	David Nii Abossey Braide	23,304	29.71
PPP	Yussif Abdul-Rahman	723	0.92
CPP	David Kabutey	243	0.31

 

Anyaa Sowutuom is a constituency represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It is located in the Ga Central Municipal District of the Greater Accra Region.

Anyaa Sowutuom is one the constituencies that broke away from the now defunct Weija Constituency.[1] Anyaa Sowutuom is located in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The current Member of Parliament is Shirley Ayorkor Botchway. Since 2012, it has been proven that this constituency is NPP strong holds since they pull more votes from this constituency every election year. Are they willing to give up their strong hold?