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Krobos urged to vote for NPP to
demonstrate their appreciation
Asesewa, Nov 27, Ghanadot/GNA - A former Deputy Eastern
Regional Minister, Mr Gustav Narh-Dormetey, has called on
the people of Asesewa to show appreciation to the government
by voting massively for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in
Election 2008.
He said with the elevation of Upper-Manya to a district
status, the people only needed to reciprocate that gesture
by supporting the NPP to win the next elections.
Addressing a large gathering of chiefs and People of Asesewa
on Monday at a durbar organized to show appreciation to the
government for the creation of Asesewa District, Mr Dormetey
told the people that tradition demanded, "When someone does
you a favour, you show gratitude".
"That is why we are calling on all Krobos to reflect on the
many good things that the NPP government has done for them
to improve their living standards and vote for the NPP to
retain power in the coming elections".
Mr Narh-Dormetey, who contested the Upper-Manya seat in 2004
but lost to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), told the
people that government was interested in the development of
Ghana irrespective of who supported it and urged them to
vote massively for the first time for the NPP to win all the
seats in the Krobo areas.
The Upper-Manya Constituency Chairman of NPP, Mr Joe Sam,
said the creation of the Asesewa District showed that
President Kufuor and for that matter the NPP did not look at
the way people voted when distributing development projects.
He said since 1992, NPP had never won any parliamentary seat
let alone winning the presidential votes in the Krobo areas
but the NPP had proved beyond doubt that it came for all
parts of Ghana and wanted every community to have it's fair
share of the national cake.
A retired educationist, Mr Charles Narh, said agitation for
a district started a long time ago and "if no government
apart from the NPP has found it worthy to grant us that
request we should not turn our back on it we must support
it."
The Manya-Krobo District Chief Executive, Mr David Sackite
Asare, said Krobos had not been left out in the many
policies that government had implemented to relieve the
people.
He said the Capitation Grant and the National Health
Insurance Scheme (NHIS) were all benefits that the Krobos
had not been denied access to.
Earlier, there was a procession of Chiefs, senior citizens
and school children amidst brass band through the principal
streets of Asesewa to announce the happiness and
appreciation of the people to government for the gesture.
GNA
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