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Veep addresses rally to support
presidential ambition
Accra, Dec. 4, Ghanadot/GNA- A number of roads in the
Eastern Corridor of the country, including the Jasikan-Yendi
road would soon be tarred to facilitate business and
commerce, Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama announced this
on Tuesday.
He said government was also extending loans and other
financial package to entrepreneurs to facilitate wealth and
job creation.
Vice President Mahama made this known, when he addressed a
rally at Agbogbloshie in the Odododiodo Constituency in the
Greater Accra Region, in his bid to lead the ruling New
Patriotic Party (NPP)to retain power, come 2008.
He asked the traders to establish a common platform to raise
the prerequisite premium to insure their wares against fire
and other disasters in order to sustain their businesses.
Vice President Mahama asked them to keep the environment
clean to rid the national capital from malaria and other
communicable diseases that was costing the State huge amount
of money at the expense of development.
He expressed concern about the rising incidence of armed
robbery and asked the traders to support the law enforcing
agencies to nip in the bud such anti-social activities.
He said law and order was necessary to govern the activities
of the traders, many of whom were not Accra indigenes, so
that they could generate wealth in a conducive atmosphere to
support development at home.
Vice President Mahama appealed to them to support the
education of their children in order to facilitate the fight
against poverty.
He lauded the traders for forging peaceful co-existence
despite the cultural diversity of the country and asked them
to sustain the national aspiration to promote prosperity.
Touching on his bid to lead the NPP in Election 2008, Vice
President Mahama said he had the ability to unite Ghanaians
of all shades and attract floating voters to ensure a
resounding victory for NPP.
Mr Mohammed Adjei Sowah, parliamentary candidate of the NPP
for Odododiodo said it was only Vice President Mahama who
had enough experience to bring development and progress to
Ghanaians.
GNA
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