THE flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, was given a rousing welcome last Monday when he arrived for the second phase of his tour of the Western Region.
Dancing to brass band music with the teeming enthusiastic NDC supporters in the Agona-Amenfi Constituency, it took the flag bearer and his entourage a hectic time to enter the town.
Prof. Mills first called on the chief and elders of Agona-Amenfi to announce his presence, and delivered his message of investing in people, job creation and revamping of the national economy.
He assured the people that he would provide more development projects in the area and rebuild the entire nation if the NDC was given the mandate to rule next year.
Prof. Mills also told the people of Agona-Amenfi and its surrounding communities who trooped to welcome him at a mammoth rally that one of the focus of his government would be investing in people, especially the youth, and turning the economy around.
He promised the people of the area that an NDC government would reconstruct the road linking Agona-Amenfi with Asankragwa to facilitate movement and the haulage of agricultural produce to the marketing centres.
Prof. Mills said the tarring of the road was important, considering the enormous benefits that the people would derive from the project.
The NDC’s flag bearer whose address was constantly interrupted by the enthusiastic crowd, urged the people not to give up hope since his government would ensure equity and transparency.
He said the Western Region was one of the rich areas in the country and, therefore needed social amenities that would not only make life comfortable for the people, but also position the region as an attractive place to the corporate world.
He also promised to improve on the telecommunication network in the region, adding that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) would also be extended to all parts of the region.
“This is to ensure that the children of this part of the region and other parts of the country are not limited to their locality, but become part of the bigger world,” he emphasised.
“Schools in the country will not be the normal few classroom blocks as currently the case, but will get more buildings and the needed tools, and relevant information on ICT so that schoolchildren will not be found wanting,” Prof. Mills stated.
He said the New Patriotic(NPP) government had brought hardship on the people, so it was time to kick the party out of power.
“I want to assure you that the NDC will work as a team, and operate an open and transparent government where the needs of the people will be at the heart of the government,” the NDC flag bearer stressed.
“There is hope and the NDC government will not allow you to be consumed by hopelessness,” he stated .
The Chief of Agona Amenfi, Nana Akwasi Brumia Sekyere II, urged Prof. Mills not to forget his promises to the people.
He said a situation where a politician promised something and after getting power, turned a blind eye to the people did not augur well for the development of the country’s democracy.
“Where you cannot do all, start and end it somewhere before your tenure of office comes to an end,” Nana Sekyere stressed.
Prof. Mills and his entourage have since left for Wassa Amenfi, Bowdie, Wassa Akropong, Nananko and other surrounding communities to continue with the electioneering.
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