Former Upper East and West Regional Minister, Prof. Ephraim Avea Nsoh, recently shared an interesting anecdote about his visit to the office of the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council, a position he once held. Having served as the “father of the region,” Prof. Avea, now a lecturer, explained how he decided to visit the office after many years, arriving on a motorcycle. However, to his surprise, he was not recognized or given any special treatment, in stark contrast to his time as a regional minister, when he would cruise around in a V8 and as well receive salutes both police and workers. Prof. Avea’s story serves as a cautionary message to power-drunk leaders who believe that their importance and influence will last forever once they are given the opportunity to represent their constituents. Prof. Avea Nsoh Writes. Yesterday, I was at the Regional Co-ordinating Council (RCC) in Bolgatanga. I rode behind a motorcycle. No one noticed my arrival. The situation would have been different if it were a few years ago when I was Regional Minister. I would have emerged out of a V8, the door opened by a police officer with an enticing salute. All staff around the compound would have run to the vehicle to greet with the broadest of smiles. Party boys & girls, contractors, relations & friends, students looking for fees etc. None of these. Just me and my motorcycle rider. But I met a few of my staff who were very happy to see me again. So, two lessons 1) people just respected my position and not me, Prof. Avea Nsoh; 2) many of the staff I met at the office were still at post but I was long gone. So, as appointees, we must appreciate those we meet at the office. So, the positions we occupy are just an honour done to us by Ghanaians. We must never abuse that privilege. We must constantly remember this. And this goes for all persons working for the State of Ghana. Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0256336062
UER: Development in Bongo have gone very far, Peter Ayinbisa did quite ….Prof Avea Nsoh
The former Upper East Regional Minister and a well distinguish Bongo personality Profession Avea Nsoh has said, he is optimistic about the fast increase development in the Bongo Constituency as he believes Peter Ayinbisa performed well in the last 4 years because he had the resources. Prof. Avea who was speaking in an exclusive interview with Apexnewsgh.com said, Bongo Constituency has gone far in terms of development. Even though he expressed worry about the kind of politics played, he believes sometimes they got it wrong by taking simple issues too far which atimes denied them the opportunity for more development in the constituency. He eulogized the NPP and the development they brought on board within the last 4 years under the leadership of Peter Ayinbisa who is currently acting as the District Chief Executive (DCE) in the constituency ranging from roads construction, covets, schools added, a number of students in secondary schools and number of students who benefited from the scholarship scheme as a good development for the people of Bongo Constituency. However, Prof. Avea believes a lot needs to be done as far as development in Bongo is concerned “I have always maintained that in development we have gone very far. We might be playing politics but sometimes we take it too far. What we forget, is that whether we ourselves or political parties that are doing something new, we don’t take counts of what happens. Take for instance what the NPP has done, some of the roads they have made, they made covets, they have been schools that have added, some students were supported to scholarship and all that, so people don’t take their time to counts in fact we are moving. Development has grown so fast. Look at our road system going to Tamale alone, I mean the long Journey, going to Navrongo and even Bongo, going to Bawku, let forget that is not very good. So, if you look at most communities now and a lot of roads that were tarred in Bolga itself. If you take Bongo, for instance, there is a lot that has been done but there is still a lot that can be done. What we should be looking at is, how many of our people now are in secondary schools? How many secondary schools now exist? How many small businesses are there? How many motors, about 5 years to 10 years do we have the number of motors and motor repairers? These are all things we have to look at if we are going to counts the developments. For me, I think Bongo has grown quite a lot and we can still move it much further by re-strategizing and leaving the criminal political activities, I think we can make a move. I think Bongo has done quite well, even in the last 4 years and I can tell you we change a lot”. He explained Meanwhile, when he asked was to rate the development brought between the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party in the constituency, this was his explanation. “If am not a frank type, I will definitely say is NDC, but I can assure you, for that one I have to be frank about it, is not because am NDC, we have been there for a long time, look at how long Agambire was there and when he came the others didn’t do very much Apikiya and the other one is possible at that time they didn’t get the resources they needed. They did their best but not much. But, Ayinbisa did that because they had a lot of resources to sort of. So, He did quite a lot and as I have said, I haven’t taken counts of that and must admit that sometimes when we come, we are not able to get time to walk around even though we read around and talk to people and all that. But to be frank, because we have been around for a long time and this place is an NDC place, I mean, if you want to take count of the things NDC has done, we are likely to have more visibility. Even though Ayinbisa and his also did quite well”. Prof. Avea told Apexnewsgh.com Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0555568093.
BONGO: Prof. Avea Nsoh Vindicates Peter Ayinbisa earlier stance on…..
Profession Avea Nsoh, one of the leading party members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Bongo Constituency of the Upper East Region has said, it is true the NDC squeezed the Bongo NPP Parliamentary candidate for the 2020 general election hands at his back and took his victory away. In a news item published on December 13, 2021 by Apexnewsgh.com with the headline ‘UER: NDC Squeezed my hands at my back and took the victory away from me’, a statement made the 2020 Bongo Parliamentary Candidate for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Peter Ayinbisa after the election. After the statement by Mr. Ayinbisa who contested Edward Bawa in the 2020 general elections, Apexnewsgh.com also proceeded to Edward Bawa who emerged victorious after the votes count to verify Ayinbisa’s claims of winning the Bongo seat through the efforts of his party bigwigs in the constituency who came at the late hour to the election to assist him with campaigns. But Mr. Bawa disregarded the claim by his contender when Apexnewsgh called on him. Below are the words of Peter Ayinbisa the 2020 Bongo Parliamentary Candidate for the NPP when Apexnewsgh engaged him earlier. “So, imagine how former Ministers, former chief director, former chairmen, former Parliamentary candidate, ranging from Professor Avea, Hon. Albert Abongo, Lawyer Bawah Dua, Simon Alangde, Alexis Adugdoo, Dr. Atinga, Dr. Rainer Akumperigya, Mr, Aluzeeri and Thomas, Accountant, Ghana Maritime Authority coming home extending resources in every community. Wherever I went and gave Ghc 500.00, Profession Thomas Akabzaa went and gave Ghc1000, Ghc1200 and Ghc1500 not that they came home only with the resources, they came and started intimidating the young men and women, they started insulting and inviting them to their houses telling them they are not fighting for Edward Bawa, they are fighting for the party. So, all of them should team up and work for their party. So definitely, some of them admitted that if I get the seat, it will take the NDC so many years to come back because they know am a developmental oriented person, they know my human relation, so, it will be difficult for them to come back.” He stated According to Prof Avea Nsoh, one of the names mentioned by the NPP defeated Ayinbisa in his claims as those who came to squeeze his hands at the back and took his victory away has confirmed to Apexnewsgh.com that Mr. Ayinbisa was right. The former Upper East and West Regional Minister told Apexnewsgh.com that, the earlier plan was to sit back and watch Edward Bawa do his own thing especially when he (Edward) did not see some of them in the party as important. He said, if not for the sake of some of their senior party members who called and asked them to forgive and look at the party welfare, Peter Ayinbisa would have won the Bongo seat in a very simple manner for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) However, he told Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh that, he does not regret his support for Edward Bawa in the 2020 election, because during their meetings then, he acknowledged his previous mistakes and said he was misguided and ignorant. Profession Avea Nsoh spoke exclusively with Apexnewsgh.com on Friday, January 29, 2021. “I think Ayinbisa was right, in the last 4 years when Bawa came in, he has not conducted himself in terms of managing human beings here as within the party. So, for some of us and I used to tell him at various forums. So, this time people just said ok, no one has said anything, let’s just stay in our corner and make sure he loses this time. So, he would have lost big time and that one there is no question about it, he would have lost. If you look at the last 4 years how the PPP candidate got almost about 30,000 votes, this year he didn’t get anything. The reason was that no one likes Bawa at the time and there was open opposition known as Lai Lai faction. So, people like us just withdraw, we didn’t attend any of the campaigns and stuff like that. They wanted someone to give it to and they did that because the NPP person wasn’t very well known, he wasn’t proactive and he has not been moved around and most importantly, he didn’t have the resources because he wasn’t in power so it was difficult. So, they saw this young man who was very smart and I think they could give their vote to the PPP man. So, if for instance that time Ayinbisa was the candidate because he had the resource, he got a lot of us, we have been friends for some time, but not friends to eat and drink every day, but we have been friends. So, people felt now the PPP candidate is not strong enough and he doesn’t have a base, and NPP have a number of votes already, so they felt they would have just voted Bawa out, so that was the idea. So that he can learn a lesson and others can learn”. “Bawa is a nice person but, is just that he starts from a wrong path and he will not take his time and listen, look at the system and the background that is how the problem was. So, that is why people wanted to teach him a lesson and also, we wanted to just sit and watch. But some of our Senior colleagues said no, we shouldn’t do that, that politics isn’t all about that and they initiated some kind of meeting and then we decided then that we have to come and support him to win the seat and I don’t regret, because first of all, I was happy that he (BAWA) came openly in the meeting to say he admits his previous mistakes, by saying he was misguided, he was ignorant and I told him it was this same thing we were telling









