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The Volta Regional Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Simon Amegashie-Viglo, has commended President John Mahama for giving true meaning to his promise of empowering and broadening the participation of women in politics. �More of our women have been put in positions of trust and responsibility. We have four women in Parliament from the region, namely Juliana Azumah-Mensah for the Agotime-Ziope Constituency; Helen Ntoso Krachi West and Eastern Regional Minister; Dr Bernice Adiko, MP for Hohoe; and Dela Sowah, MP for Kpando,� he enumerated. Mr Amegashie-Viglo told the Daily Graphic that �I think this is remarkable. �Even more remarkable is the increase in the appointment of female municipal/district chief executives. The number has so far increased from one to five and we are still counting�. The five female M/DCEs in the Volta Region are Dr Margaret Kwaku for Hohoe; Angela Alorwu-Tay for Afadzato-South; Fafa Agbai for North Tongu; Paulina Delali Adinyirah, MCE for Kpando; and Mary Agbenyenu for Central Tongu. Mr Amegashie-Viglo also said that Madam Edith Akpoto was the Regional School Feeding Co-ordinator; Jesse Ekumebu, the Regional head of GYEEDA, while Madam Evelyn Goni had been appointed as regional head of Non-Formal Education. �We say congratulations to these women and challenge them to use their positions to improve the lives of our people through a multiplicity of social interventions,� he prayed. He was elated about what he described as �striking achievement in Kpando and Hohoe, where we have a �double-do for our women. Both the MPs and MCEs are women,� and are moving forward with our women and we trust that they will not disappoint us.� The President, he observed, had finished nominating M/DCEs for the region but for some areas where there were pending cases such as Nkwanta North, Krachi East, Kadjebi, Ho, Akatsi South and South Tongu. Mr Amegashie-Viglo said in all those areas, consultations were still ongoing among stakeholders. �We hope these cases would also be concluded pretty soon for the region to have its full complement of municipal/district chief executives�, he added.