Dr Sintim Tobiga 58, a legal practitioner has been elected People's National Convention (PNC) Parliamentary Candidate for Nabdam Constituency in the Upper East Region. He polled 42 votes to beat Mr Francis Wongnab Mbabire, 35, a teacher who had 28 votes. Dr Tobiga who is National Treasurer of PNC and a Lecturer at Zenith College International in Accra, expressed appreciation to the delegates for the confidence reposed in him and pledged to work hard to win the seat. He urged party delegates and supporters to work hard to win more people to join the party and was optimistic that with hard work, the party would win the 2008 elections. Mr. Mbabire pledged his support for Dr Tobiga to win the seat. Mr Jeremiah Komla, Upper East Regional Treasurer of the party, said northern part of the country would benefit immensely under a PNC administration. He appealed to people from the three northern regions and Ghanaians to vote for the PNC to win the 2008 elections to implement its positive ideology to move the nation forward. The election was supervised by officials from Talensi-Nabdam District office of the Electoral Commission. Source: GNA