RENEW SOCIAL CONTRACT WITH CONSTITUENTS

Story: Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Bodi
Politicians have been urged not wait until it is time to renew their mandate before visiting constituents with their sweet promises.
The Chief of Bodi, Nana Kwame Nkrumah I, in the Juaboso District of the Western Region, said politicians enter into social contracts with the people but only return when they were about when seeking the renewal of their mandate.
The chief made the call when the Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Joe Gidisu called on him at his palace to address a mini-durbar held in his honor at Bodi.
The chief said people of the Western Regional where the chunk of the country’s resources were derived had suffered for far too long and would no long take excuses.
“Here those of use at Bodi did not even have a clinic we have to trek to the next town to enable us access to medical care and that is not good enough,” he said.
Nana Nkrumah said, even though it was not possible to see the whole country transformed in a day or two, “It is important that when politicians entered into an agreement with the people and things are not working well they come back and negotiate or and reassure the people.”
“Where the politicians win and remain in the national capital, makes the people see themselves as a tool politicians use to get power after that they wait for the next four years,” he said.
He called on the Mills Administration to ensure that the promises of the people were address where it becomes difficult the government should the people know that they had them in mind.
The Chief also urged the people to place the interest of the people first to ensure that the scarce resources of the country were directed to the wellbeing of the people who voted them into office.
For his part, the minister, Mr Joe Gidisu said the government would respond promptly to any situation that would create a better environment of the people of Ghana.
“My visit to the region follow was to really see what the people go through everyday. We will do our best to ensure that the living standards of the people improve.”
He said the region had contributed a lot to the development of the country and the government would ensure that develop did not elude the region this time.
The minister said his tour of the region as a minister of roads and highways had given him the first hand information about the plight of the people the region.
“We will do everything possible to ensure that the situation improves, we monitor and ensure transparency and accountability to ensure that region had its roads properly positioned,” he said.