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Politics of Monday, September 28, 2020
Source: 3 News
2020-09-28
President Akufo-Addo and Otumfuo
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has assured President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that, ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections on December 7, his record in office “will speak for him.”
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II made this known on Monday, September 28, 2020, when President Akufo-Addo paid a courtesy visit to the Asantehene at Manhyia Palace, at the beginning of a 3-day working visit to the Ashanti region.
Addressing a durbar held in honor of the president, the Asantehene thanked the president for his continued visit to Manhyia, both as leader of the opposition before the 2016 elections and as president of the Republic.
To this end, he stated that “your good works in office will speak for you in future elections. We at Asanteman remember, we don’t forget. Asanteman will therefore remember his good deeds on Election Day. All I can offer you are prayers and blessings. “
Although traditional chiefs and rulers should not participate in partisan political voting, the Asante pointed out that “we vote. We will vote based on the good deeds of the candidate. “
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, therefore, urged President Akufo-Addo to instruct his communicators and the dissemination mechanism to “tell Ghanaians exactly what their government has done and what is being done” in their respective communities, in the period prior to the December elections. .
1,824 projects in Asanteman
For his part, President Akufo-Addo thanked Asantehene and Asanteman for the cordiality they extended to him and his delegation upon their arrival in Manhyia.
He explained that the purpose of his visit is to officially present himself, once again, to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, as the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party before the December elections, and ask for his blessing for the race.
The president also took the opportunity to present the forty-seven (47) party parliamentary candidates from the Ashanti region, and requested the support of Asantehene and Asanteman so that the party can annex the three remaining electoral districts, Asawase, Ejura Sekyedumase , and Sekyere Afram Plains, which eluded the party in the December 2016 polls.
Mentioning his track record in office, President Akufo-Addo told Asantehene that development, under his tenure, has been fairly distributed in all parts of the country.
In the Ashanti region, for example, the president indicated that a total of 1,824 projects are underway, of which 774 have been completed and 1,050 are still ongoing.
He told Asantehene that there are 604 projects in the education sector, 92 in health, 151 road projects, 606 in the water and sanitation sector, 1 in aviation and 1 in the port sector.
The Boankra inland port project, which has been on the drawing board for several decades, according to President Akufo-Addo, will receive parliamentary approval in November, with the $ 330 million of funds needed for its construction already secured by the government. .
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