I have gone through the mill-Hajia Ayamba

I have gone through the mill - Hajia Ayamba

Story: Donald Ato Dapatem

“I HAVE gone through the political mill over a spate of 30 years and have also exhibited my commitment and dedication to support the people of all shades of life, especially those in deprivation.
At the same time, l have served the great National Democratic Congress with honour and loyalty”.
These were part of the remarks by Hajia Laadi Ayii Ayamba, a Deputy National Propaganda Secretary of the NDC, when she interacted with the Daily Graphic about why she believes she was the best person presently carved out to win the Pusiga constituency for the party.
Hajia Ayamba, who described herself as a grassroots member predating the formation of the NDC because she was part of the June Four Movement as well as the 31st December Movement in Pusiga, said she wanted a bigger platform to serve the NDC and also support the less fortunate in society whom she had also assisted over the years.
The two times National Deputy Propaganda Secretary of the NDC, Deputy Constituency Organiser, Constituency Women Organiser, Deputy Upper East Regional Women Organiser in 1994, Regional Women Organiser, also became the Deputy National Women Organiser in 2000.
A teacher by profession, Hajia Ayimba noted that although she had assisted a lot of people in the area through her personal and with support from other governmental agencies through her lobbying, she believed that she must take a lead role to represent the people of Pusiga at the national platform.
“Mine is to lobby, appeal and provide the needed assistance to the people in my area, especially the farmers, women groups to improve their lot, through the provision of financial and technical support, especially securing fertilisers and ready markets for the produce and provide the needed help to brilliant but needy student to realise their dreams.
This will be done alongside securing the best support for those who could not continue with the education to learn economically viable trade,” she noted.
Apart from the personal assistance offered to individuals, especially women and youth, she catalogued the support to include how he lobbied for the constituency to benefit from the construction of basic schools structures at Kogodem, Daware and Yarga.
As the Chairman of the Board of the Gbewa Training College, she had made sure that the school was enjoying seven ongoing construction projects targeted at easing the infrastructural burden, improve enrolment as well as improve teaching and learning.
“Through my constant appeal, the Education Ministry has offered the school two huge projects for the construction of a dining Hall cum kitchen and a two storey building girls’ dormitory, all these were aside the huge GETFund projects on the campus,” Hajia Ayamba added.
She also talked of the how she impressed upon the authorities through constant appeals to get potable drinking water extended to three communities and a well to the people of Widana.
According to the two-time Deputy National Propaganda Secretary of the NDC, many women had shied away from politics for various reasons. Some included the age-old perception that is the woman must play the back and the front role, lack of resources to undertake the increasing financial demands in campaigning and the fear of mudslinging, name calling and character assassination.
She reiterated calls that had been made by women’s groups that there was the need for constant and intensive education for women even at an early stage to be interested in politics and also ensure that the society in general moved away from stereotyping women as people who could only help from the background.