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“If this new dawn of the relationship between
the Volta Region and the NPP materializes on December 7, I promise you I will
never, ever let you down. I will stay true to all the commitments I have made to
you. We have a team of men and women with competence, imagination and ability
who are ready to take on the task of bringing prosperity to our country
again”.These were the words of the 2016 presidential candidate of the
New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, when he addressed a mammoth
rally at Aflao, the venue for the NPP’s Volta Regional Rally, on Sunday,
November 20, 2016.
It will be recalled that the NPP flagbearer, whilst
beginning the 1st phase of his Volta Regional Campaign in May 2016, stated his
desire of working to turn a new leaf in the relationship between the people of
the Volta Region and the NPP.
He reiterated this commitment stressing
that “the new leaf of co-operation and of friendship will bring about
development of the Volta Region and the development of Ghana.”
Nana
Akufo-Addo told the thousands and thousands gathered at Aflao that “I stand
ready to develop the Volta region and Ghana. We are going to accelerate the
exploration of oil in the Voltain Basin to make sure that what we did in the
Western Region is repeated in the Volta Region.”
The NPP flagbearer
assured that “we are going to build a new harbour in Keta, in collaboration with
the private sector, and build new landing sites and cold storage facilities so
that we can get the fishing communities in the coastal areas working
again.”
In addition to these, Nana Akufo-Addo noted that the NPP’s
programme of national redevelopment and expansion would mean that “every
district in Ghana, and in the Volta Region for that matter, is going to have one
factory that is going to help create jobs for the unemployed.
“We are
going to redirect the capital budget of our nation so that the money comes
directly to you. Every constituency, every year, is going to get the equivalent
of $1 million to address the issues of infrastructural development, sanitation,
amongst others, at the local level.”
Just as he has done in all parts of
the country throughout his campaign, Nana Akufo-Addo pledged that his government
is going to “revive the National Health Insurance Scheme and make it work
again”, a programme which, he says, “is suffering under John Mahama.”
He
also affirmed his commitment to the effective implementation of the Free SHS
policy, assuring residents of the Volta Region that “we have thought through all
these policies and, if by the grace of God I win, we are going to implement all
these policies to the letter so that our country can get relief, development and
progress.”
With President Mahama embarking on a tribal and ethnic-based
campaign in the North, in his bid to win the election, Nana Akufo-Addo remained
confident that the people of Ghana will not pay heed to such
campaigns.
“Ghanaians want a united country that is going forward. They
want to build a prosperous, free and democratic Ghana. We are turning our backs
on tribalism and petty politics. We are turning our backs on the politics of
yesterday, the politics of propaganda and deceit. That will not be the politics
of the future of our country,” the NPP flagbearer added.
He continued,
“We are looking to build a new Ghana, founded on commitment, truth and
principle. A Ghana that works, where policies are worked out for the progress of
our people, which will bring jobs to the young people of our country. That is
the Ghana we are fighting for, that is the Ghana we seek on the December
7.”
Nana Akufo-Addo was optimistic that “the good people of the Volta
Region are ready for this new path, a new path of development, progress and
prosperity. We are turning our back on years of stagnation, of incompetence and
massive corruption. We are charting a new path of progress and prosperity.”
He, thus, appealed for the support of the people of the Region,
stressing that “I want your support to help me implement the programmes we have
laid in our manifesto and before you. All of us should ride on the back of the
Elephant and help push the Elephant into the Jubilee House, so we can do a job
for all Ghanaians without discrimination.”
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