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The presidential candidate of the Democratic National Congress paid a courtesy visit to the Supreme Lord of Dagbon, Yaa-Naa Abukari II, on Thursday.
Mr. John Dramani Mahama made the visit to seek Yaa Naa’s blessings prior to the December 7 elections at his palace in Yendi.
Mr. Mahama was accompanied by Mr. Haruna Iddrisu, minority leader in Parliament; Mr. Huudu Yahaya, member of the NDC Council of Elders; Director Sofo Azorka, National Vice President of the NDC; and some parliamentarians and former ministers of State of the Northern Region.
Mr. Mahama thanked the Yaa-Naa for the friendship and cooperation that they had had with him since the time he was in Savelugu as Yoo Naa.
The NDC presidential candidate said he was happy that there was peace and unity in Dagbon.
He said the NDC represented development, adding that when the party was in power, many Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) complexes were built. Several rural communities were connected to the national network.
He said more CHPS complexes would be built and more rural communities would be connected to the national grid.
He told Yaa Naa that his next government would continue the construction of the Eastern Corridor Road.
He noted that the road linking Yendi through Hohoe to Tema would facilitate the rapid movement of goods and people.
The Yaa-Naa wished Mr. Mahama well in the December 7 elections.
