Addressing
a rally at Wa, the regional capital, Nana Akufo-Addo stated: “Whenever
I’m in Upper West, I feel a strong emotion of sadness.”
According
to him, “This region (Upper West) gave to our party, and, to our
country, some of its greatest leaders – Chief S.D Dombo, B.K Adama,
Abaayifa Karbo, Jato Kaleo and Mumuni Dimbie. These were outstanding
Ghanaians who are the base of our tradition. They gave their lives in
the struggle for freedom and democracy in Ghana.”
However,
“today, the Upper West Region is no longer following in their
tradition”, with the NPP receiving some 30 per cent of the popular vote
in the 2012 election.
“I have come to appeal to
you. This December, on the 7th, in two weeks’ time, let us reunite
Upper West with its tradition and the great figures that came from here,
and set the country onto the path of progress and prosperity,” he said.
With
the mainstay of the majority of residents of the region being farming,
Nana Akufo-Addo assured them that if elected president, his government
would provide active support for the nation’s farmers, as well as
irrigation facilities. The “1-Village-1-Dam policy will transform the
fortunes of the region and its people, and turn it into a potential
bread basket for the country”.
He said: “We are
going to create the conditions for year-round farming, stressing: “If
Burkina Faso can do it, so can we also do it in the Upper West Region
and create prosperity and jobs for our people.”
Nana
Akufo-Addo stressed that the increase in agricultural productivity,
through the provision of improved seedlings, subsidised fertilisers, and
extension services, amongst others, will boost significantly
agricultural production, and create jobs and prosperity, and thereby
halt the migration of youth from the North to the South in search of
non-existent jobs.
The NPP flag bearer also
reiterated his commitment towards the effective implementation of the
Free Senior High School policy, the revival of the collapsed National
Health Insurance Scheme, and the establishment of the Infrastructure for
Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), which will see every constituency
receiving the equivalent of $1million every year to deal with problems
of sanitation, water, roads, electricity and other infrastructural needs
of the constituency.
Nana Akufo-Addo indicated
that a vote for him in the December polls would mean that Ghanaians
would have elected a president who would treat all citizens with the
utmost respect and one who would also jealously guard the public purse
for the improvement of their livelihoods.
“I am
not coming into office to lord it over the people neither am I coming
into office to use disrespectful language on the people. I will not say
to Ghanaians that they have short memories. I am also not coming into
office to steal the people’s money to fill my pockets. That’s not why I
am seeking your mandate,” the NPP flag bearer added.
He
continued, “We are going to redevelop Ghana, and it will be my greatest
pleasure and achievement to be the instrument to reunite the Upper West
with its origin and foundation. I need your help to build the new Ghana
that we have ahead of us, and you are going to be its greatest
beneficiaries.
“The future of our nation is
bright; the prospects for Ghana are tremendous. What it needs is good
leadership, honest leadership, and visionary leadership, and we can
create a prosperous and great nation.”
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