Wa, March 23, Ghanadot/GNA – Mr Mahmud Khalid, Upper West
Regional Minister on Sunday, said Government was aware of
the social contract with the electorate during Election 2008
and would deliver on all its promises at the appropriate
time.
He therefore, appealed to Ghanaians to exercise patience and
allow Government to put its machinery in place before
tackling the basic issues to meet their needs and
aspirations.
Mr Khalid was addressing NDC executives, supporters and
leadership of other political parties at a get-together
organised in honour of Mr Kale Caesar, Deputy Upper West
Regional Minister at Wa.
He pointed out that winning the election was not a problem
to the NDC, but the problem now was how to fulfil the
promises made to the electorate.
“The task now is for all of us to work assiduously to get
our people out of poverty that had plagued them for a long
time now. Our quest of improving conditions for a better
Ghana is our challenge and we must not fail the people,” Mr
Khalid said.
He suggested the formation of a development “Think Tank”
group in the region and called on all stakeholders with
expertise and ideas to avail themselves to the group to
develop a strategic development plan to fast track the
region’s development.
Mr Caesar expressed appreciation to President John Evans
Atta Mills for his nomination and appointment to support Mr
Khalid to administer affairs of the region and pledged to
live up to expectation.
He said Government was poised to unite all Ghanaians for
development.
Mr Caesar appealed to activists and supporters of other
political parties in the country to put their expertise and
suggestions at the disposal of Government for the success of
the “Better Ghana” agenda.
He stressed the need to implement the Savannah Accelerated
Development Fund to help narrow the development gap between
the north and the south, adding “It holds the trump card for
poverty reduction and rapid development of communities in
the north”.
GNA
