The Member of Parliament for Okwaikwei South and Minister of Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Dakoa Newman, conducted an underwater campaign in her constituency to promote the party’s flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and encourage voters to support him on December 7, 2024.
She organized a free NHIS card registration and a clean-up campaign, as well as a market activation event called “Occupy Kaneshie Market” in her constituency.
Accompanied by the NPP Female Volunteer group, the Loyal Ladies, Greater Accra Chapter, she visited the Kaneshie Market to engage with market women and promote the party’s message.
The free NHIS Renewal project aimed to provide constituents with no access to NHIS Cards and those with expired cards the opportunity to obtain or renew them.
During a passionate speech to her constituents, Dakoa Newman outlined her vision for the future of Okwaikwei South, with a focus on healthcare and women’s empowerment.
She stressed the importance of education and her dedication to ensuring that all children in Okwakwei South have access to quality education. However, she also recognized that education alone does not determine a community’s prosperity.
Healthcare and women empowerment are equally crucial in our quest for a better future. We recognize that a healthy nation is a wealthy nation and that empowering our women is essential for economic growth and development.
As per her statement, there are strategies being implemented to elevate the Kaneshie Polyclinic from a polyclinic level to that of a fully equipped hospital. This transformation, she elaborated, aims to offer the local residents with enhanced medical services and specialized treatment, thereby minimizing the requirement for referrals to external hospitals within the vicinity.
We are working tirelessly to ensure that all the health care facilities in Okwaikwei South are equal to task Kaneshie Polyclinic is upgraded to a hospital and we will continuously engage the market women to assist them and ensure that the younger women are empowered to ensure those that have no job get something doing either to sell or do something else or are enrol back to school. There is a lot we are doing to ensure the constituents are empowered and are doing something at the end of the day.
The Minister for Gender, Children, and Social Protection, Dakoa Newman, further highlighted the crucial contribution of women to socio-economic development.
The NPP government remains dedicated to empowering women for the advancement of a prosperous and fair society. It is imperative to show strong support by voting for her and the NPP in the upcoming 2025 elections to sustain the progress made for the benefit of Ghana.
And we are hoping that once I’m voted into power again, by God’s grace, we will continue with that women empowerment program that we have been doing to assist them. There is a lot we are doing and there is a lot that the NPP will continue to do. All that we need to do is to retain the NPP in government come 2025.
