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Prof Mills tours the East
Odumase-Krobo (E/R), March 7 Ghanadot/GNA - The flag bearer
of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor John
Evans Atta Mills has called for total unity within the party
as it prepared towards the 2008 Election.
He urged the functionaries and sympathizers of the party to
forgive one another and forge ahead in unity to enable the
NDC to win the polls.
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Prof. Mills was speaking at a mini-rally at
Odumase-Krobo in the Eastern Region, as part of a
day's tour of parts of the Region.
Prof Mills was accompanied by Mr Michael Nyaunu,
Member of Parliament (MP) for Lower Manya, who
recently, called for a special congress of the party
to elect a new flag bearer to replace Prof. Mills on
grounds of his alleged poor health. |
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Prof Mills at Odumase-Krobo |
A large crowd of cheering supporters and some youth holding
placards demonstrating against the MP met the entourage of
Prof. Mills.
Addressing the crowd, Prof Mills promised to improve upon
the condition of service of teachers and re-introduce the
study leave with pay policy for teachers if elected as
President of the country.
He said for teachers to be able to help to develop the human
resource base of the country, they needed to be given the
opportunity to develop academically to the highest level.
Prof. Mills said when government was elected into power, its
success was measured by the way it was able to use the
resources of the country to satisfy the needs of the people.
The success would not be measured as to how it used the
resources of the country to satisfy the needs of the ruling
elite leaving the people to their fate, he said.
He said the country was witnessing the use of huge sums of
money to build the presidential palace and structures that
benefited the elite in the country while the people had no
water to drink.
Prof Mills said if NDC were voted into power it would review
its plan to irrigate the Accra plains to help to produce
food for export, create wealth and employment.
The flag bearer and his entourage addressed mini-rallies at
Koforidua, Akuse and Osiem and paid a courtesy call on the
Konor of Manya-Krobo as well as Daasebre Oti Boateng,
Omanhene of New Juaben Traditional area.
GNA
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