‘I gave Okyeman 560 out of 1481 projects in the Eastern Region’ – Akufo-Addo

General news for Sunday, October 4, 2020

Source: Class FM

2020-10-04

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said that of the 1,481 projects his government has given to the entire Eastern Region in his first four-year term, Okyeman only has 560 of them.

According to him, 768 of the total regional projects are completed and 730 of them are ongoing.

“With Okyeman’s participation of 560 projects out of the total, 345 have been completed with 215 ongoing,” the president told a group of Okyeman bosses and people on Friday, October 2, 2020, the second day of his 3-day tour. days in the Eastern Region.

The president told those present that his government had not come to do lazy work.

“All aspects of our national life have benefited from our policies, be it health, roads, industrialization or agriculture. My government has worked for the benefit of all Ghanaians, ”said the president.

He said: “I have shown that I did not come to lie to Ghanaians, but to work for the progress and development of Ghana and all Ghanaians.

“I ask the people of Ghana to rate me based on my track record and if they are satisfied with the work I have done, they should give me the opportunity to do more for them by voting for me,” the president said.

“I am a man of my word,” he said.

“I did not come to deceive anyone, and that is what has given me the courage to seek your support in the next elections. This is what will strengthen me to consolidate the achievements made in my first term ”.

For his part, Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin said Okyenman is solidly united behind the president in his bid to win the December 2020 general election.

Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin noted that the president has shown that he is, in fact, “a president for all Ghanaians.”

According to the Okyenhene, “all his [President Akufo-Addo’s] The policies have affected all parts of Ghana and have greatly benefited all Ghanaians. This is because he has an ancestry in which greed and the love of money are avoided. President Akufo-Addo is service to the people of Ghana ”.

The boss continued: “The president could easily have been someone whose only motivation in office is to amass wealth for himself. But no, it hasn’t at all. On the contrary, it has implemented policies that have benefited us all and improved our standard of living ”.

Referring to President Akufo-Addo’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin applauded the 17 speeches delivered by the president, which so far have outlined the measures the government is taking to defeat the pandemic, as well as the steps to safely relieve restrictions.

“It has taught us the importance of observing and adhering to the COVID-19 protocols. We must thank God that, at this stage of our national life, he has given us a leader like him. At the height of the pandemic, he provided us with free water and electricity. It also gave subsidies to front-line health workers. This shows the great generosity of his heart, “he added.

The effective management of the economy during the last three and a half years by the Government of Akufo-Addo, he stressed, has ensured that the pandemic, which has wreaked havoc on all the world’s economies, has not brought incalculable difficulties to the people of Ghana. . .

At Free SHS, Okyenhene noted that this policy has ensured that money, or lack of it, has not denied any Ghanaian children access to education, adding that other policies being initiated by the president, such as 1-District -1-Dam, 1-Village-1-Dam, NABCO, the development of the road infrastructure and the Zipline drone delivery service are paying off.

“He was born in a good home. She began to believe in the public values of fairness, equality, freedom and the pursuit of justice. All of these are virtues that Nana Addo possesses. It is said that by their fruits you will know them. If her policies are paying off, we at Okyeman say ‘Nana, toaso,’ she added.

For Okyeman residents, who have been beneficiaries of the president’s policies, Okyenhene had advice for them.

“If you are from Okyenman or a Ghanaian, and your child is a beneficiary of Free SHS and all other government policies, and you think there is a new wind of development, and you don’t vote well on December 7 …” He said to the attendees.