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Veep calls
on public to help Police to check crime
Ejura (ASH) July 25, GNA- Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama
has called on the public to support the Ghana Police Service
to fight the growing incidence of crime.
He said the police alone could not fight crime, hence the
need for the general public to provide information and the
necessary support to facilitate their work.
Vice President Mahama was speaking at Ejura, in the
Ejura-Sekyere-Odumasi District of the Ashanti Region, as
part of a day's official visit to the District.
He said such co-operation would help minimise armed robbery
and rid society of anti-social elements.
Responding to a number of demands of the chiefs and people,
he said the town's market, which he described as one of the
biggest in the country would be provided with a fire tender.
He said the Ejura Secondary School would also be upgraded
and provided with a bus.
The Ejurahene (Chief) Nana Kwaku Sarfo II threw his weight
behind the aspiration of Vice President Mahama to succeed
President John Agyekum Kufuor in the 2008 General Election.
"One unique thing that exists between you and the District
is the fact that your Special Aid, Mr Asamoah Buabeng comes
from Sekyedumase Royal Family while your Protocol Officer,
Mr Enoch Osei Mensah comes from Ejura Royal Family.
"Your Excellency, we believe that the people of
Ejura-Sekyedumase District will look at this connection
between you and the District and support you in your desire
to succeed President John Agyekum Kufuor as the next
President of Ghana."
Vice President Mahama used his four-day official visit to
the Ashanti Region, to visit Obuasi, where he inspected
works on the Obuasi Children's Ward and the 12-kilometre
Obuasi-Akrofuom road, being executed at the cost of 12
billion cedis (12 million Ghana cedis).
He tasked the contractor to speed up work, which was started
last September and schedule for completion in December, this
year.
"The people cannot wait to travel on good roads," he
observed.
During an interaction with the chiefs and people of Fomena,
he asked them to be law abiding to ensure peace during the
enstoolment of a new chief to succeed the late Nana Ofori
Agyeman II.
GNA
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