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Ho welcomes Professor Mills
Ho, March 13, GNA - Professor John Evans Atta Mills
Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)
arrived to a rousing welcome in Ho on Wednesday.
Hundreds of party supporters met his entourage at the PWD
area with brass band music. They were joined by large crowds
as he drove to the Asogli Palace at Bankoe whilst
acknowledging their cheers.
As information of his arrival spread through the town, many
more people headed for the Asogli Palace compelling the
police to stop vehicles in that vicinity to allow safe
passage for the crowd.
The main arena of the palace was filled with people who
squeezed themselves into every available space with some
standing on walls and balconies of adjoining houses.
Prof. Mills' arrival at the palace was greeted with
deafening cheers amidst the beating of talking drums.
The atmosphere was further enhanced by a breezy and cool
weather following a drizzle that lasted throughout that late
afternoon and evening.
In his brief welcome remarks, Togbe Dadzawa III Fiaga of
Shia traditional area on behalf of the Asogli Traditional
Council said the traditional area was home to all political
parties and their presidential candidates in the country.
"Nobody knows the future", he said.
Seemingly overwhelmed by the reception accorded him,
Professor Mills said: "I would have made the Agbogbomefia my
running mate but for his present status".
"I have only come to show myself to you that I am alive.
God's time is the best", Prof. Mills said.
He commended the police for professionally handling security
arrangements in town during his visit.
In a brief address, he promised to establish a University of
Medical and Health Sciences in the Volta region when voted
as the President following the 2008 elections.
He said his government would also reactivate the exploration
for gas and crude oil in the Atiavi and Anloga area as well
as promote bamboo cultivation and its related industries in
the region.
Prof. Mills urged Ghanaians to have hope in the NDC to turn
things round in the country.
The Agbogbomefia, Togbe Afede XIV, observed that Ghana was
blessed, "we have our fair share of natural resources and a
peace-loving people. But peace, unity and development will
prove illusive unless we insist on the right kind of
leadership. The speed of the leader, they say, determines
the rate of the pack".
He said human progress depended on diversity of ideas and
opinions and to desire that all thought alike was to wish
away an essential fact of life.
"Embracing peace and every behaviour and action that
promotes peace is the prudent option", the Agbogbomefia
said.
Prof. Mills was later in the evening given a rousing welcome
at a rally at Anlokordzi.
Addressing the people, Mr Modestus Ahiable, Volta Regional
Chairman of the party sent the crowd into a frenzy when he
sang a local song to the effect that a wise person did not
denounce his or her mother no matter how poor or wretched
she was.
Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, the party's National Organizer
observed that the tumultuous reception accorded Prof. Mills
was a reassurance for the party that it could count on the
unflinching support of the people of the Volta region in
this year's general elections.
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