CHIEFS URGED TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL AREAS (PAGE 13, OCT 31)

Traditional rulers have been advised to unite and strive for the development of their communities in order to better the lot of the people.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Elembelle, Mr Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, who gave the advice, said development had become the hottest commodity that every citizen of this country was yearning for.
“MPs, traditional rulers, district chief executives and other agents of development have only one focus — the development and creation of better living conditions for their people and the only way out is unity and peaceful co-existence,” he said.
He said the government alone could not solve all the developmental problems of the country and that the real solution lay in the indomitable will of the people to succeed by working together in unity and peace.
After the tour of the 10 communities within the constituency, Mr Buah, who is also the Deputy Minister of Energy, said the aim of the tour was to explain government policies to the people, interact with the constituents and give assurances to the youth.
He said since the youth formed an integral part of the communities, they needed to be empowered to enable them to be self-dependent and help to champion the development of the communities.
He prevailed upon the people to participate in the forthcoming health fair, which would screen people for various health related problems and provide medical advice on their health status to enable to them live healthy lives.
Mr Buah presented about 1,000 bags of cement to the communities through the district assembly, to enable them to execute their own initiated projects,
The Elembelle District Chief Executive, Mr Daniel K. Eshun, thanked the MP for the visit and appealed to him to visit them frequently to keep abreast of their problems.
He pledged the assembly’s determination to improve the living conditions of the people of Elembelle.
The chiefs also pledged to lived in peace and unity to ensure the accelerated development of their communities.
They also urged the MP to visit them regularly to interact and discuss their problems, as well as educate them on government policies.