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Ghanaians have confidence in the NPP–Nana
Akufo-Addo
Yagaba (N/R), July 17, Ghanadot/GNA– Nana Addo Dankwa
Akufo-Addo, flag bearer for the New Patriotic Party (NPP),
on Thursday said Ghanaians had firm trust in the NPP and
were optimistic about the policy directions and
determination to bring the needed development to the people.
He said in less than eight years into taking the reigns of
the country, the NPP had undertaken massive development
projects.
Nana Akufo-Addo said these while addressing a number of
rallies on the second day of his four-day campaign tour of
the Upper East Region to canvas for votes for the
forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.
At Yagaba and Loagri in the “Overseas area” of the Northern
Region, he was given a rousing welcome by the people and
chiefs amidst drumming and dancing.
The NPP presidential aspirant told the people that the NPP
was keen at ensuring that the citizenry had access to
affordable quality healthcare irrespective of which part of
the country they came from or political divide they
belonged.
Nana Akufo-Addo said the NPP Government had provided
exemplary leadership in governance, adding that he was
confident that Ghanaians would vote massively for him and
the party’s parliamentary candidates in the 2008 Election.
He said the National Health Insurance Scheme had come to
stay and that there were immediate plans to ensure that all
children less than 18 years had access to the scheme free of
charge.
Nana Akufo-Addo explained that children as at now were
dependant on their parents who paid premiums to enable their
children to benefit from the scheme.
Nana Akufo-Addo cautioned the people against uncontrolled
birth despite the introduction of free medical care for
pregnant women and urged them to patronize family planning
methods.
He promised to upgrade the health center in the Yagaba area
into a hospital if voted for in the 2008 Election.
Nana Akufo-Addo indicated that the quality of human resource
base of every nation was dependant on the quality of
education the people acquired.
government was committed
to promoting education in the country and that if voted into
power, he would ensure the extension of the school feeding
programme to all public primary schools.
Nana Akufo-Addo said he would put in place a special scheme
to admit qualified senior high school students from less
privileged communities nationwide into tertiary institutions
including the universities and polytechnics.
He addressed similar rallies at Fumbisi, Kanjaga, Gbedema,
Wiaga and Sandema all in the Builsa District of the Upper
East Region, visiting the chiefs to pay homage to them.
At Fumbisi, Mr. Yaw Osafo-Marfo, former Minister of Finance,
said he was impressed by the number of development projects
going on in the Builsa district.
He said even though some people continued to vote for the
National Democratic Congress, (NDC), the NPP believed in
treating people in every part of the country fairly.
Mr. Osafo-Marfo asked the people to compare development
projects by NPP to the work of the NDC.
He said Ghanaians had made the necessary comparison between
NPP and NDC and concluded that the NDC could not be compared
to the NPP in terms of good policies and development.
Mr. Osafo-Marfo urged the people of the region to change
their voting pattern in favour of the NPP and said the NDC
had been rejected by Ghanaians and was not coming back to
power.
Other people who addressed the rallies included, Mr. Allan
Kyeremanteng a leading member of the party, Hajia Alima
Mahama, Minister for Women and Children Affairs, Mrs. Agnes
Chigabatia, Member of Parliament for Builsa North and deputy
Upper East Regional Minister, the Builsa North NPP
parliamentary candidate, Mr. Daniel Kojo Akaachobli among
others.
GNA.
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