Empower women to participate in governance -Sackey (18/12/08)

Daily Graphic pub

The incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Okaikwei North Constituency, Mrs Elizabeth Kwatsoe Sackey, has stressed the need for more women to be empowered to get involved in governance.
"This is because women excel in everything they do and this can improve the development of the country” she stated.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic, the 50-year-old MP who retained her seat in the just ended elections with 44,172 votes, said she believed she had done very well in representing the interests of people in her constituency in parliament, and that had encouraged the electorate to give her another term.
She said Ghana could only move forward when women were empowered and given the chance to massively take part in the country’s decision-making process.
Mrs Sackey said this would improve the livelihood of Ghanaians and prevent the youth from migrating to the west to seek greener pastures.
She urged Ghanaian women to be courageous enough to take up challenging positions in order to contribute their quota to the development of the country.
The MP, who worked with the Controller and Accountant General’s Department, and as a Chief Clerk of the Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB) between 1983 and 2004 congratulated Ghanaians for the maturity showed in this year's elections, and said that was a sign that Ghanaians now had a better understanding of democracy and governance.
She also commended the Electoral Commission (EC) and the security agencies for the good work done in ensuring a violence-free election in the country.