Outgoing Member of Parliament (MP) for Ledzokuku, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye has returned to the consulting room at the Lekma Hospital a week after failing to retain the parliamentary seat for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the recently held election.
In a Facebook post to announce his return to the consulting room after his defeat, Dr. Okoe Boye who is also the Deputy Minister of Health said he is more committed to serving the public than taking on a position.
He said he will do all he can to push a good cause.
Pictures attached to the post showed the defeated MP happily attending to some patients who had visited the facility to seek treatment on Monday, December 14, 2020.
“It is important to understand that the joy a true leader experience does not lie in the position he holds but in the Service his people receive”, Dr. Okoe Boye wrote.
For him, “some staff were happy to see me doing fine, some surprised at my activity having assumed that not winning the Parliamentary election meant away with community service. I thank God that you do not have to necessarily hold a position to assist others to experience a better world. Because He lives, we can face tomorrow”.
The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) Benjamin Ayiku Narteh with a total of 55,938 votes snatched the seat from the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate, Dr. Okoe Boye who garnered 54,072 votes in the constituency.
With the exception of the late Nii Adjei Boye Sekan in 1992 and 1996, all MPs in the constituency have enjoyed one term in office.
The constituency has had five MPs, two of whom are females and the rest males.