Aflao,
Nov 18,
Ghanadot/GNA
-
Infrastructure
development
over the
past
seven
years in
the
Volta
Region
is proof
of the
New
Patriotic
Party’s
(NPP)
commitment
to the
development
of the
region,
Mr
Raymond
Okudzeto,
a
leading
Member
of the
New
Patriotic
Party (NPP),
said at
a rally
at Aflao.
He said
these
facilities
and the
many on
the
drawing
board
should
cancel
the
impression
among
some
people
in the
region
that the
NPP
could
not
represent
the
region’s
interests
and
should
not be
trusted.
The
rally,
held on
Saturday,
launched
the
campaign
of Mr
Peterson
Midadje,
the NPP
parliamentary
candidate
for Ketu
South.
Mr
Okudzeto,
the
President
of the
Volta
Foundation,
a
development
non-governmental
organisation,
therefore,
urged
people
of the
region
to vote
to
retain
the
party in
power.
He said
a
harbour
would be
constructed
at Keta,
the
Akatsi/Aflao
stretch
of the
Accra/Aflao
highway
and the
Havedzi/Denu
road in
addition
to
opening
of more
job
opportunities
for the
youth in
the
region
are
proof of
the NPP
government’s
commitment
to the
region.
There
was
heavy
police
presence
at the
rally to
stop any
attempt
by a
section
of NPP
supporters
to
disrupt
the
function.
There
was
wrangling
over the
candidature
of Mr
Midadje
over his
alleged
holding
of dual
citizenship
but the
national
executives
of the
party
rejected
calls
for his
disqualification.
Mr
Midadje
said he
would
ensure a
second
cycle
school
was
established
in the
Aflao
area and
appealed
to the
people
to vote
for him
and the
NPP
presidential
candidate.
Mrs
Agnes
Okudzeto,
First
National
Vice-Chairperson
of the
NPP,
said the
issue of
women
and the
youth
would
feature
prominently
under
the next
NPP
government.
Dr
Earnest
Kwarku,
a member
of the
party,
said it
was high
time
tribal
sentiments
were
minimized
or
eliminated
from
party
politics
in Ghana
to unite
the
country
for
speedy
development.
He said
the
perception
that the
NPP was
an Akan
party
and the
NDC
pro-Ewe
was not
good for
the
country.
Mr
Justice
Cudjoe,
Ketu-South
District
Chief
Executive,)
told the
people
to
retain
the NPP
in power
to
ensure a
sustained
free
movement
of goods
and
services
in the
sub-region
that
improved
due to
the
normalization
of
relations
between
Ghana
and its
immediate
neighbours
by the
NPP
government.
GNA
