The newly elected Member of Parliament for the Tolon constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Habib Iddrisu says he will work towards making the lives of his constituents better.
According to him, his election win has rather spurred him on to double his efforts towards bringing development to the people in Tolon.
Speaking on Eyewitness News with Selorm Adonoo, Alhaji Habib Iddrisu said he is currently working towards improving the current employment situation in the constituency by finding jobs for youth in the various security agencies and other government flagship programs.
“I want to thank my constituents for the confidence they reposed in me. I am happy that they have made me the Member of Parliament for Tolon, it is something that they would not regret. The job I have started, I am now going to increase my speed, I will need the cooperation of everybody to give me the needed support, to be able to bring the needed development in the constituency.” he said.
I will not disappoint my constituents – MP-elect
The MP-elect also in the interview said he will not disappoint his constituents, following a massive victory in the just-ended December 7 election.
Alhaji Habib Iddrisu polled 31,429 votes to beat his main opponent –the National Democratic Congress’ parliamentary candidate, Yussif Adamu — who polled 22,145 votes.
Alhaji Habib Iddrisu also managed to poll 29,407 votes for President Akufo-Addo and the NPP– the highest since the creation of the constituency.
In 2016, Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP polled only 21,401 votes representing some 49.93 percent.
“I am MP today because of the good people of Tolon. l will not disappoint them, they have confidence in me and l will do my best to fulfil all the promises l made to them”.
Speaking about the increase in votes for Nana Akufo-Addo as compared to 2016, Alhaji Habib said: “you see, going into the election launched operation 40,000 votes, our aim was to get everyone vote for NPP and Nana Akufo-Addo but unfortunately we could not meet the target, but we managed to get 29,000 which is okay compared to previous elections. In 2024, trust me, we will meet the target”.
The Tolon constituency is one of the nine constituencies the NPP won in the election in the Northern Region.
Alhaji Habib believes that with unity, the Tolon can develop adding that “the election is over, let’s all come together and champion the Tolon agenda. With support from all, we will develop this beautiful place of ours”.