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25.10.2016 Headlines

Not all of us are NDC, says Volta Chief

By Ghanaian Chronicle
Not all of us are NDC, says Volta Chief
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By Richard Kofi Attenkah
Togbe Agamela VI, acting Paramount Chief of the Peki Traditional Council in the Volta Region has debunked allegations that all Voltarians belong to the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

According to him, some members of the Peki Traditional Council, as well as other traditional areas in the region, are members of other political parties, including the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Togbe Agamela VI, who is also the Chief of Dzogbati in the Peki Traditional area made the disclosure when the 2016 flagbearer of the NPP, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his entourage called on members of the traditional council as part of his campaign tour of the region


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The Dzogbati Chief was blunt and without mincing words told Nana Addo that not all of the chiefs in the region belong to the NDC, stressing that some of them are sympathizers of the NPP and declared his support for the NPP flagbearer.

“We can only vote for Nana and the NPP based on your handiwork in this constituency. We will give you our mandate when you meet our request for this constituency. The first of which is the access road to the Peki College of Education, which lies in a deplorable state as we speak.

“This election, just like a friendly game, should be devoid of violence. As for Nana, we will surely give him our mandate once he carries through with our request. There is no doubt about that -‘Nana beba'”.

Addressing the chiefs, Nana Akufo-Addo assured the chiefs and people of the Region that his party would not be the cause of any form of disturbances in the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in December. The NPP will not be the origin of any disturbance in our country over these elections”

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Continuing, Nana Addo called on residents of the region to help change President Mahama's government on December 7, and return the country onto the path of progress and prosperity.

According to Nana Akufo-Addo, “The time has come for us to put people in office who are capable of giving this country a really effective and efficient government, so that we can make progress in our country.

“The President is going around telling everybody that in his next term, he is going to create jobs. In his next term, he's going to concentrate on agriculture. Everything is in his next term. He doesn't tell us anything about what is going on now.

“He's been in power for 8 years and apart from the green book, we don't know what else he's been able to produce,” Nana Akufo-Addo said.

He assured the Chiefs and people of Peki that “it is possible for us to develop rapidly if the correct policies are put in place. We have outlined many of these policies, which are to do with reviving our agriculture, reviving our industry.”

Nana Akufo-Addo reiterated his commitment of helping to establish a factory in each of the 216 districts across the country, “in order for the districts to be the centre of economic activity and growth.”

On the rationale for setting up the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme, Nana Akufo-Addo explained that, “we (in the NPP) want to change the way the monies of our country are allocated. The monies are not getting down to the people to deal with the issues confronting them.

“That is why we have proposed that, from the 1st budget of our government, every constituency in the country is going to be allocated directly the equivalent of $1 million a year to deal with basic infrastructural needs of the constituency.”

The NPP flagbearer also assured of the effective implementation of the Free SHS policy, as well as the revival of the National Health Insurance Scheme, which he described as “one of the greatest social programmes, not just of Ghana, but in the whole of Africa.”

The NHIS, however, “in the hands of President Mahama and the NDC is being compromised. The NHIS is in serious decline, and it is my hope and intention that, if the people of Ghana bring the NPP back into office, we are going to revive the NHIS to make it work for everybody, as was the original intention.”

Nana Akufo-Addo appealed to the people of South Dayi to throw their support behind him and the NPP, so development, jobs and wealth can be brought to every part of the country without discrimination.

“I have come to you here in Peki, and in other areas of the Volta Region to ask for your support. It has not been forthcoming to us in big numbers in the Volta Region. But, I was happy to hear you (Togbui Agamela IV) say that I shouldn't assume everybody is an NDC member here.

“That is a very reassuring statement for me. I am also hoping we will get many people who will say they are not NDC and will help the NPP come back into office,” he added.

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