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The brother of the late President John Atta Mills has been riding high on his integrity to win the Komenda-Edna-Eguafo Abirem seat for the governing NDC.

Samuel Atta Mills who filed his nominations yesterday says Ghanaians can expect him to work as hard and diligently as his brother. Speaking to party supporters after filing his nominations, he touted how he together with his late brother was raised in the constituency which gives him a fair idea of the needs of the people there. “You can count on my integrity,” he told them describing himself as a “very courageous” person who takes the “rightful decision”. He admitted that as human, he is vulnerable and is therefore ready to consult when the need be.

He spoke against political leaders who spend their time on radio stations especially outside their jurisdiction. “Being on a radio station in Accra doesn’t make you an MP for a region, you have to be in the region, you have to be in the district, that is where the job is,” he said.

Meanwhile, a parliamentary aspirant for the North Tongu constituency of the Volta region is warning of voter apathy if the party goes ahead to conduct the November elections with its biometric register in its strongholds. Christopher Kofi Eleblu, who has put up a strong challenge against incumbent, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa said party officials tasked to embark on the registration exercise have failed to register majority of the party members. Speaking to journalists soon after he filed his nomination to contest the election, Kofi Eleblu expressed fears disenfranchised party members would agitate against the party.