Obuasitoday.com will take you through the Facebook Timelines of your 2016 Parliamentary Candidates and as you read through, we ask which of them will win your vote if Facebook presence and activeness is anything to go by.
As a resident of Facebook Constituency, let us know your preferred candidate based on their response rate.
- John Alexander Kobina Ackon
The current Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr. Jk wohn Alexander Ackon is the Obuasi West Parliamentary candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He is contesting Mr. Kwaku Kwarteng Agyemang, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Obuasi West Constituency for the November 7 general elections.
Mr. John Ackon who’s popularly known as ‘Easy’ a nickname Obuasitoday.com will one day come out with its history!
The Ashanti Regional Minister as at the time of this compilation had 1,855 friends on Facebook and his last post was a picture he took in the studios of Luv FM, with the caption “First Interview in Kumasi at Luv FM”. That was on the 18th March, 2016.
This picture which saw ‘Easy’ smiling broadly had 63 likes and 3 comments.
The former Municipal Chief Executive for Obuasi also has a Facebook page with 442 likes.
He is very responsive on Facebook! Whenever he’s online, he replies most inbox messages and also reply to comments on his Timeline, ranging from Politics to Religion.
He is one of the few active politicians on Social media, especially Facebook and What Sapp.
- Frank Aboagye Danyansah
Mr. Frank Aboagye Danyansah is the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) parliamentary candidate for Obuasi East. He is contesting the seat for the second time with the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Dr. Patrick Boakye-Yiadom and Mr. Richard Ofori Agyemang Boadi, the Municipal Chief Executive, who doubles as the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate.
Mr. Aboagye Danyansah is the youngest among the Obuasi East candidates and one of the vibrant Facebook activists among the trio.
He has a total of 2,333 friends on Facebook and recently opened a Facebook group with the name ‘FRANK DANYANSAH FOR OBUASI EAST MP (PPP)’. The Group have a total of 704 members; the Group is also another tool he uses to canvass votes for the November 7 election.
The Politician cum Estate Developer’s last post on Facebook was Sunday, 27th March, 2016;it was a picture of a young boy drinking water from a polluted water in an iron pot. The post had 5 likes and 1 comment as at the time of this compilation.
- Kwaku Kwarteng Agyemang.
The incumbent Obuasi West Parliamentary candidate, Mr. Kwaku Kwarteng Agyemang is with the Facebook name Obuasi West MP with 4,826 Friends.
Mr., Kwaku Kwarteng is not the Social media loud mouth type even with the highest Facebook friends among the three; he hardly post, comment or reply to posts on his Timeline.
Watch out for the second part of this article soon.