The Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG) has held a debate with various political parties and parliamentary candidate on issues of election 2008 in Accra .This is part of the institutions election 2008 project themed “Sustaining credible elections, peace and national cohesion in Ghana 2008”. The objectives of the debate are to promote effective accountability relationship between citizens and their elected officials through dialogue on the political parties’ manifestos, strengthen the interface between elected legislators and citizens and to build knowledge of voters around the policy framework within which parliamentary candidates will be expected to address priority issues of the constituencies. The title of the Accra debate was “Combating poverty through security, job creation and basic social services delivery; which way forward? Some of the representatives of the various parties on the platform are Dr.Mustapha Ahmed of Ayawaso East constituency and Nana Arku Akrah of Aburi –Nsawam constituency representing NDC and Daniel Kofi of Ayawaso Central constituency and William Dowokpor of Ayawaso West representing the CPP. Others include Mohammed Salisu Baba of Ayawaso East constituency and Francis Bernard Anyinatoe of Ashiaman constituency representing NPP and Samson Awingobit Asaki of Ashiaman constituency and Zalia Seidu of Ayawaso central constituency representing the PNC .Participants answered various questions in areas of industry, Agriculture, education, governance, economy among others. This debate will covered 7 cluster platforms out of the 10 regions in the country.
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