AMOAKO-ATTA SUPPORTS ATIWA VICTIMS (PAGE 13, OCT 13, 2010)

THE Member of Parliament-elect for the Atiwa Constituency, Mr Kwesi Amoako-Attah, has presented assorted items worth GH¢2,000 and an undisclosed sum of money to the 17 persons who sustained various injuries during the Atiwa by-elections.
The items, comprising cartons of tins of Milo, milk and toiletries as well as bags of rice and sugar, were given out to the people who got injured when the four-wheel drive of the National Women’s Organiser, Ms Anita Desoso, allegedly ran into them.
They included Isaac Duah Agyeman, 18, Seth Ampofo, 20, Ruben Addo, 22, Richard Obuoba, 20, Ernest Amoako, 26, Grace Ofosuwaa, 36, Ama Kyerewaa, 30, Ebenezer Adomako, 40, George Abu, 38, Bright Agyapong, 28, Kofi Bremang, 37, Yaw Asiedu, 35, Asomaning Danpreh, 76, Eric Osei, 49, Sameul Owusu Kwesi, 28.
The MP-elect made the presentation to the 17 persons at Abomosu in the Atiwa Constituency last Friday and was accompanied by the Eastern Regional Second Vice-Chairman of the NPP, Alhaji Omar Bodinga, and his Assistant Secretary, Mr Antwi Bosiako, as well as some of the Atiwa Constituency executive members of the party.
Presenting the items, Mr Amoako-Attah said the items were meant to show the commitment of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to the welfare and recuperation of the 17 persons.
Mr Amoako-Attah, who said the party had already settled over GH¢7, 500 medical bills incurred in the treatment of the 17 persons, assured them of his personal and that of the party’s support to foot any future expenses.
He, therefore, urged the people to continue to seek further medical treatment at the hospitals to enable them to recuperate fully.
He said since the pains they suffered were meant for a good cause to protect any electoral malpractice by “outsiders”, he and the party would not let “your brave acts and pains go in vain”.
The MP-elect called on the police to expedite action on inverstigation into the incident to ensure justice for the 17 persons. Mr Amoako-Attah pledged to commit himself to the rapid socio-economic progress of the Atiwa District in order to raise the standard of living of the people.
Receiving the items on behalf of the others Isaac Duah thanked the MP-elect, the flag bearer of the NPP, Nana Akufo Addo Addo Dankwa, for showing support and footing their medical expenses in the Koforidua and Enyiresi Government Hospitals, as well as the St. Joseph Hospital in Koforidua.