UE/R: SOCO PROJECT FACILITATORS URGED TO WORK HARD FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT – DCE NABDAM
BY: RAYMOND BATASIA WEGWI
The vice president and the New Patriotic Party’s presidential candidate for the 2024 general election, Dr Mahamud Bawumia and his campaign team has ended their campaign tour of Upper East Region with a visit to Binduri, Zebila and Bolgatanga central constituencies in the last day of the tour. At Binduri, Dr Mahamud Bawumia said former president John Dramani Mahama brought Savannah Accelerated Development Authority, SADA, to help the people of the north but ended up with no a single project to show but NPP secured a loan of €139.4 million for the construction of Bolgatanga -Bawku-Pulmakum road which is 70% complete and the contractor will soon be back to finish it and the agenda 111 hospital too is near completion in Binduri.
According to him the people of Binduri have benefited from the NPP government and appeal to them to continue to vote for them. On the Bawku conflict, he appealed to the people to live in peace adding that Kusasis and Manprusis are one and must unite and rather fight for development. In Zebila constituency he told the chiefs and the enthusiastic crowd that NPP government ‘s developmental projects are unparalleled, some of which are the free SHS/TVET, agenda 111, one 1D1F, PFJ, one constituency one Ambulance and appeals to the people to vote for him to continue with the good works. Dr Mahamud Bawumia said when given the nod he’s going to establish district mechanization centres for modern agricultural drive,train one million youth on digitalization which will enable them to work in any part of the world whilst living in Ghana, pay living allowances to all chiefs by changing section 63 of the chieftancy act and many more.
Bolgatanga central was the center of attraction as the NPP’s supporters filled the jubilee Park waiting in the night for the arrival of their Flagbearer Dr Mahamud Bawumia. At that venue the NPP’s parliamentary candidate for Bolgatanga central Hon. Elvis Figo Awonekai gave a strong indication that per the development projects going on in the constituency like roads, provision of water, health, education, farmers support etc ,the sitting MP, Hon. Isaac Adongo has no chance in this year’s elections and appealed to the people of Bolgatanga central to just give him 4 years and the would not regret. Dr Amin A. Anta who is the finance minister used the occasion to praise NPP’s government for managing the economy better , citing a budget deficit of 6.3 percent of the NDC’s government in 2016 as against 3.3 percent of NPP’s government in 2023 and therefore asked the people to change their voting patterns this time and vote for Dr Mahamud Bawumia.
When the presidential candidate took the stage,he didn’t minced words, he said “we performed better than the NDC’s government” and if they are refuting that, they should accept his debating challenge to settle it. He called the people of Upper East Region to change the way the have been voting this time because both of them are from the north and former president John Dramani Mahama had the opportunity to govern and this time he has only 4 years and he Dr Mahamud Bawumia have 8 years to also govern , which is enough to do a good job for the people of Ghana. He reiterated his promised to construct Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam adding that Bolgatanga airport too will be delivered and many more. He was accompanied by the stalwarts of NPP from the national, regional and the constituencies level for their successful tour and all the places visited the chiefs and the people lauded him for the developmental projects given to them so far and ask for more when given the nod in their goodwill messages to him.
