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Government working to
improve road network- Dzamesi
Ho, Nov. 3, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr. Kofi
Dzamesi, Volta Regional Minister has stated that the New
Patriotic Party government was working assiduously to
improve the road network in the Volta Region.
"No government has ever tackled the road network of the
region as being done by this government", he said.
Mr. Dzamesi said this when the Mafi Traditional Area Queen
mothers association led by their paramount queen, Mama
Sename III paid a courtesy call on him at his office on
Friday.
He named some of the roads as Sogakope-Aflao, Sogakope
-Ho-Fume, Worawora-Jasikan and Worawora-Dambai.
Mr. Dzamesi assured the delegation that the Soakage-Ho-Fume
road, which was being done in phases, would be completed
"because it is dear to the heart of the government".
He told the delegation that a girls' dormitory would be
built for the Adidome Secondary School to alleviate the
acute accommodation problem facing the school.
He said the government recognized the role of women in the
socio economic development of the country hence the creation
of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs to take charge
of affairs of women and children.
Mr. Dzamesi appealed to the queenmothers to educate their
people, especially women on the need to form co-operatives
groups to enable them to access loans from the numerous
interventions put in place by the government to improve
their living standards.
Mama Sename commended the government for the numerous
development projects that were being undertaken in the area,
especially roads and called on the government to
rehabilitate existing feeder roads which are in deplorable
state.
She called for total empowerment of women to enable them
play their roles effectively and efficiently in their
communities.
Mama Sename appealed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District
assemblies to involve chiefs and queens in the programmes
and deliberations of the assemblies since such programmes
affect or benefit their people directly or indirectly.
"Chiefs and queens should not only be invited to decorate
functions organised by the assemblies but rather be involved
in their programmes", she said.
Mr. Obed Okudzeto, a Patron of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)
called on the people of the Volta Region "to refrain from
putting all their eggs in one basket and wholeheartedly
support the NPP government for the accelerated development
of the region".
He said though the government would not discriminate in the
distribution of development projects, it needed the support
of every Ghanaian to enable it continue with its good works.
GNA
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