President Mills tells Zongo community,
"Be patient"
By Awudu Salami Sule,
Ghanadot
Accra, July 30, Ghanadot -
President Mills has started his tour of the Brong Ahafo
Region today has called on the Zongo community in the area
to exercise patience as government tries to deliver on its
mandate.
The President visited the Zongo chiefs in Sunyani to thank
them for voting for the National Democratic Congress (NDC)
and he urged them to hope for better days ahead.
Pressure has been mounted on government from the Zongo
communities where the ruling party enjoys massive support to
fulfill its electoral promises and some political says the
appeal by the President was timely.
The President is expected to address a durbar of the chiefs
and people of Dormaa Ahenkro in Brong Ahafoon on Friday July
31, and reports say the expectation of the people is high.
Local journalists in the area say farmers expect president
Mills to address issues of access to poultry feed and
marketing opportunities for the people who are predominantly
farmers.
After addressing the durbar of chiefs, the President will
visit Tain before ending the tour in Techiman also in the
Brong Ahafo Region.
At Tain, a tough dispute over land ownership is said to be
raging there as members of the Teteli royal family of Banda
are said to be threatening to disrupt the President’s visit
if they are not invited to partake in the ceremony to
welcome the president.
The family said they are already peeved over the ruling
government’s failure to recongnise them in negotiations
towards relocating the people in the area to make way for
the construction of the Bui hydroelectric dam.
They allegeg that, while the erstwhile Kufuor government
engaged them (Teteli family) in resettlement discussions,
the current government has completely ignored them.
Sorces close to the presidency say the President has
received petition from the Teteli family and he would
present a uniting speech.
Ghanadot
