The Savannah Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alhaji Imoro Seidu, popularly known as “Man Blessing” has disclosed that he told the President John Dramani Mahama that the fomer Member of Parliament (MP) for the Damongo Constituency and 2024 Parliamentary candidate of the party Hon. Adam Mutawakilu Garlus was not a weak candidate, but that the party needed to provide him with stronger institutional and political support to improve the NDC’s chances of winning the constituency.
Reflecting on his tenure as Regional Chairman of the NDC, Alhaji Imoro Seidu said that when he assumed office as Regional Chairman, the NDC had three parliamentary seats in the Savannah Region and attributed the party’s subsequent gain of six (6) seats out of seven in.the Savannah Region to the collective efforts of the regional executives, constituency executives, parliamentary candidates, grassroots members, and other stakeholders.
He said the party has since increased its parliamentary representation in the region and that the Damongo constituency remains the outstanding parliamentary seat that the NDC hopes to capture.
Alhaji Imoro expressed confidence that the party can make further gains in Damongo, but acknowledged that achieving this objective would require greater effort and strategic organization.
He further stated that, as part of his advice to the President after the NDC won power, he suggested that the NDC’s candidate in Damongo should be given a government appointment.
He explained that, in his view, such an appointment would provide an opportunity to strengthen the candidate’s visibility and position ahead of the next election.
Alhaji Imoro claimed that President Mahama subsequently acted on the advice and appointed the candidate as the Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company.
The Savannah Region NDC Chairman expressed the view that the development would strengthen the NDC party’s efforts in the constituency and described the Damongo parliamentary seat as one that the NDC is well positioned to pursue in the next election.
Alhaji Imoro Seidu made these comments when he officially declared his intention to seek re-election as Regional Chairman of the party at his plush residence in Sawla, where he is based on 18th September, 2026.
Source: nkilgifm.com
