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General news for Sunday, November 29, 2020
Source: GNA
2020-11-29
Former President John Dramani Mahama
John Dramani Mahama, presidential candidate for the Democratic National Congress (NDC), praised the late former President Jerry John Rawlings for opening up the country’s overseas areas to the rest of the world.
The country’s overseas areas cover Yagba-Kobore in the northeast region and the Fumbise Valley in the southern Bulsa constituency in the Upper East region.
Addressing a community engagement in Yizesi in the Yagba-Kobore constituency of the northeast region, Mahama said that prior to the intervention of the Rawlings-led People’s National Defense Council (PNDC) government, the area was isolated from the rest of the country for the rains. season.
He said it was the PNDC / NDC government that built roads and bridges to open up the area to the rest of the world.
He explained that previously the area was highly infected with black flies, which serve as a vector for onchocerciasis or river blindness; and the PNDC government got helicopters to spray chemicals to get rid of them.
“From Fumbise, all the way to Yagba-Kobore, no one knew that human beings existed here because there was river blindness, oncho it was during the Rawlings time that we got helicopters to spray all the rivers to get raid on oncho and today Yagba- Kobore, Fumbise and all those areas are what they are, “said Mahama.
“So everything that we have here, even making this place habitable for us to live and letting people know that there is a place called overseas, it’s all the work of the PNDC and the NDC.”
He said that in addition to opening up the area to the rest of the world, it was the NDC that brought development to the area, such as electricity, water, hospitals and schools.
“What have they done for their people? Nothing! For us, the choice is clear. We are voting for NDC. And I want to tell you that we do not take your votes for granted. It is because you are always behind that is why when we assume the charge and we’re sharing anything in this country, making sure you get your fair share. “
“We were working on the roads and we started from the Sandema area (in the Upper East region) coming towards Fumbise and going down. And then we also got some contractors to leave the Daboya area coming from Bosolu towards to join the road to Fumbise , so if you are in Yagba-Kobore and then heading to Techiman, you don’t need to turn around and go back. You just have to go on a good road towards Bosolu and then turn left, get to the Damango junction and turn to right and then you get to Buipe and then to Techiman “.
He said that when NDC returns to power, they will open up the Walewale Highway to make it a shorter highway to get to Walewale.
He also promised the chiefs and people of Yagba-Kobore that his next administration would build a modern market for them.
Regarding free upper secondary school (SHS), the presidential candidate said that it was very good policy that was here to stay.
He noted that his next administration will maintain and improve the free SHS. He said that when Ghanaians give him the mandate in the December elections, within a year of taking office, he will abolish the two-track system.
He said his next administration would continue to build more community day SHS to absorb more students.
Mahama mentioned that the NDC was the party that brought development to the Yagba-Kobore area and therefore the people must return it to power to bring development to them.
He urged Ghanaians to vote en masse for the NDC on December 7, so that it returns to power and continues its good works for the nation.
He assured the Yagba Kobore chiefs and people that his next administration would build a modern market for them.
Mahama said that under the rural electrification project all villages in the constituency will be connected to the national grid.
He noted that he would build the Yagba-Kobore Walewale highway to facilitate the rapid movement of goods and people.
Mahama also mentioned that his next administration would establish Farmer Mechanization Centers in all agricultural districts of the country to boost agricultural activities.
He said that under the program, farm implements, such as tractors, would be at the Center to provide services to farmers in exchange for a token fee, which they could pay after harvest.
He secured them a district hospital under his next administration to meet the health needs of the people.
In Gambaga, Mr. Mahama noted that his next administration would establish a new university in the newly created Northeast Region.
Speaking with party supporters and sympathizers after paying a courtesy visit to Gambarana Yahaha Wuni, the head of Gambaga at his palace in Gambaga in the East Mamprusi district in the northeast region, Mahama said that new similar universities would be established in all the regions without tertiary institutions.
The flag bearer was accompanied on his one-day tour of the northeast region by prominent NDC members such as Professor Joshua Alabi, National Campaign Director, and Mr. Julius Debrah, former Chief of Staff of the Presidency.
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