Deputy Director General Of Ghana Maritime Authority Eyes Upper Denkyira West Parliamentary Seat.
Mr. Daniel Appianin, Deputy Director General of Ghana Maritime Authority has expressed his intention of contesting the parliamentary seat on the ticket of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the up coming primaries in the Upper Denkyira West Constituency.
Mr. Appianin has served the party in the constituency in several capacities as the Constituency Chairman for two consecutive times when the party was in opposition, a District Chief Executive for a short while in 2017. Prior to that, he was an assembly member and a presiding member, upper Denkyira West District. He has been the Disciplinary Committee Chairman of the Central regional NPP Party for the past four years and also member of council of Patrons of the party in the region.
According to him, he believes the delegates would give him the nod because the party wants to make history by breaking the 8 in the upcoming 2024 general elections.
He disclosed that if such history would be fruitful, there is the need for the delegates and the party as a whole to elect the right candidates who is in touch with the people like him in the constituency to enable them break the 8.
He disclosed that, his relationship with the grassroots in the constituency is great and for that matter, optimistic that, the delegates in the Upper Denkyira West would give him the mandate to serve them in the capacity as the parliamentary candidate and subsequently go in for the ultimate to represent the Constituency in Parliament come 2024 general elections.
Mr. Appianin is currently the Deputy Director General for Ghana Maritime Authority, and a former assembly member from 2006 to 2010, became a presiding member in 2009 to 2010 and a two term constituency chairman from 2009 to 2017, before he became the District Chief Executive for a period of one month in 2017 and was asked to step aside after the unfortunate incident in Denkyira Obuasi.
He thought for 16 years in different schools including Mfantsipim basic school, Kofiase Adventists Secondary Tech. School, Okomfo Anokye Senior High School, Dunkwa Secondary Technical School and Dompoase Senior High School.
Daniel Appianin is an astute public servant with over 20 years of experience. He worked in the Ghana Education service, tutoring Economics and Business Management in various senior High schools in the country and rose through the ranks to the position of the Assistant Director 1 in the service. He holds his Masters Degree in Port and Shipping Administration and a Bachelor of education, social sciences. (B.Ed. Social sciences).
Mr Appianin is seen by many in the region as someone who is staunch in grassroots politics and could easily annex the seat back from the NDC.
