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Wednesday, May 29, 2019 Policy
Source: dailyguidenetwork.com
2019-05-29
Nana Oye
Former Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Nana Oye Lithur, turns to Adenta district, Accra, to test the waters again in her quest to become a member of the Parliament of National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Nana Oye, whose marriage to lawyer Tony Lithur has recently hit home, has already met his former employer, former president John Mahama, to make his intentions known.
She also said that she had consulted with her mentors, advisors, political party leaders and Adenta voters about the decision to take the seat of Parliament.
According to her, "Following consultations with my mentors, counselors, political party leaders and voters in Adentan and after much reflection on myself, I made the determined decision to offer myself as a willing and competent candidate. for the parliamentary seat of Adentan. from the NDC. "
His visit to Mahama Tuesday to announce, she said in a statement posted on Facebook, was "to seek his advice."
Previous unsuccessful attempts
In recent years, Nana Oye has crisscrossed the regions of the West, Greater Accra and East, desperately seeking a parliamentary seat.
She started at Shama in the West region in 2014, where she had chances, then moved to Odododiodioo in the Greater Accra area and could not stand the heat of the year. Bukom man, Nii Lantey Vandepuye. but was not welcomed to extinguish his burning parliamentary fire.
Having been appointed minister at the time because of her husband's relationship with the NDC and John Mahama, she did not hold a card.
During her preliminary examination, she acknowledged that she was not a member of the NDC.
Although the NDC did not open the candidatures for the 2020 polls, Oye Lithur, a former human rights activist, suddenly stepped up her parliamentary ambition by targeting the Adentan constituency where the NDC candidate, Mohammed Ramadan, lost the elections in 2016. Yaw Buabeng Asamoah, director of communications of the NPP.
Saga of divorce
And she's back at Adenta in the Greater Accra area, this time with an embarrbading divorce case – which is still going on in court – because of her alleged infidelity that has been the subject of "rumors" .
Tony Lithur had accused his wife of being over 25 in 2018, among other things, to be a violent woman, not a good mother and his wife, as well as to have cheated on with several men.
He also accused her of acquiring property valued at $ 400,000 in South Africa. DAILY GUIDE learned that the case was before the special prosecutor, Martin Amidu, for the purpose of investigation.
Recognition of Mahama
In a statement posted on her Facebook wall, she said that the former president, at the meeting, "acknowledged the need to elect strong and strong candidates who would appeal to the general electorate in the 2020 elections ".
She said that "the general elections would concern the entire electoral public, and not just the NDC delegates, in this respect, we as a party have to be strategic in our selection of candidates for parliamentary elections. ".
According to her, "we must also consider the strength, personality and background of aspirants to determine if they can win the general election."
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