Mr Kofi Obeng Mensah, a New Patriotic Party (NPP) aspiring parliamentary candidate for Abuakwa North, has secured insurance cover for 360 delegates in the Constituency from SAHAM Insurance Ghana Limited to cater for their welfare.The insurance package costs GHC5,400 per month with a premium of Gh15.00 per person, to run for four years.Out of the 417 delegates in the Constituency, the 360 took advantage to enroll.

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The beneficiaries include constituency and polling station executives.Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview, Mr Obeng-Mensah said the gesture formed part of his plans to mobilise the grassroots to sustain power for the NPP in the 2020 election.He said elections were won at the polling stations, therefore, the polling station executives must be empowered to deliver on their mandate.

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“Those at the polling station level have been underserved hence the need to turn more attention to their problems and give them the needed support for the constituency to improve,” he said.Mr Obeng-Mensah said the polling station executives sometimes found it difficult to mobilise funds to foot their hospital bills and support marriage and funeral ceremonies among other things, hence the need to enroll on the life insurance package.

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He said having interacted with the polling station executives for over two years and also understudied their plight, he and his team had come up with a policy dubbed; ”Grassroots First, Community Assured”.He indicated three thematic policies to champion the grassroots mobilisation, which are grassroots welfare scheme, job search and job creation, and logistics and logistical improvement.

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Mr Obeng-Mensah is a Pharmacist and contesting three other candidates including the incumbent MP, Ms Gifty Twum-Ampofo, Mr Kay Amoah Jnr, and Ms Serwah Acheampong, daughter of the late General Kutu Acheampong, former Head of State. Source: GNA

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