Delegates in the Ayensuano Constituency have elected Teddy Nana Yaw Addi, a renowned RnB as their parliamentary candidate on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.
The musician who is known for hits such as ‘looking for love', ‘I wanna know’, ‘I don’t want to be right’ and ‘betrayal’, scored 39.7% to defeat three contestants who had also expressed interest in leading the party.
In an interview with Okay FM, Teddy Nana Yaw Addi disclosed the motivation to switch on the political lane despite being a renowned musician. According to him, he was first spurred on by his constituents who approached him to convince him a person of his pedigree is needy to bring development to the area.
“I have personally done things to support the area I come from and in all, I have engaged the youth. Many of the youth have seen what I have done for them and before the primaries; they approached me to tell me that the time has come for me to represent them in parliament. I simply couldn’t let them down and this urged me to participate in the elections on the ticket of the NDC”, he explained.
Touching on the difference he would make should he make it to parliament after 2016, Teddy Nana Yaw Addi noted that he would focus on the deplorable state of their roads and ensure it is made motorable for farmers in Ayensuano to face less difficulties in carting their farm products to market centers.
“60-70 of the roads in Ayensuano are in deplorable states. Most drivers who are contacted to cart farm products to the market centers charge high fee before they deliver the goods. But in most cases, the farmers find it hard to pay and the goods are left to rot”
“My other focus would be on education. We have a lot of intelligent but needy children in Ayensuano and to help them, I would set up a scholarship scheme to fund their education”, he said.
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