President Nana Akufo-Addo has stated that he would deliver on all the promises he made during the 2016 election campaign period to demonstrate that not all politicians make promises just for purposes of gaining political votes.
He said when politicians make promises they could not honour, it weakened the trust of the people which according to him was not good for democratic governance, hence the commitment of his government to redeem all its promises.
President Akufo-Addo stated this while addressing members of the Upper West Region House of Chiefs in Wa on the first day of his seven-day tour of the Upper West, Upper East and Northern Regions.
He stated that a nation without a strong agricultural base was a nation at risk, hence government’s commitment to the successful implementation of the “Planting for Food and Jobs” (PFJs) programme which had already seen the registration of 183,000 farmers out of a target of 200,000 farmers.
The President said through the PFJs programme, Ghanaian youth who completed colleges of agriculture without jobs had now been engaged.
President Akufo-Addo noted that it had become a critical to ensure that all Ghanaian children went to school to learn something to be able to survive in the modern world.
He said despite this necessity, in the next 10 years, one million Ghanaian children stood the risk of terminating their education at the Junior High School (JHS) Level.
He said it was for this reason that the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy was introduced to ensure that every Ghanaian child had access to education at least to the SHS level.
On the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the President noted that government had paid GHC 560 million out of its indebtedness of GHC1.2 billion.
On security, President Akufo-Addo expressed worry that in the past, over 500 police officers were transferred out of the region without any replacement, saying his government posted 202 police officers to the region to improve police visibility and subsequent reduction in criminal activities.
Kuoro Richard Babini Kanton IV, Paramount Chief of the Tumu Traditional Area and President of the Upper West Region House of Chiefs commended the government for its commitment to the welfare of the Ghanaian people through its social intervention programmes.
Kuoro Babini Kanton who is also a Member of the Council of State disclosed that a total of 40 cases were brought before the house out of which three had been disposed of, while others including 25-year-old and 19-year-old cases were at advance stages of being disposed of.
He said the house was keen on achieving the national target on disputes and urged all to support the house to enable them sit regularly on the cases.
The Paramount Chief appealed to the President to help complete the house’s office complex for them to avoid meeting important dignitaries at rented promises.
Kuoro Babini Kanton also appealed to the President to pay attention to the call for the Wa campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS) to be granted autonomy to become a fully fledged University also called for the upgrading of the Wa Polytechnic to a Technical University.
While urging the government to put finishing touches to the Wa Airport for the commencement of domestic flight to and from the region, Kuoro Kanton also appealed for the completion of the Lawra-Nandom-Hamile road, Wa-Tumu-Navrongo road and the Wa Regional Hospital to cater for the health needs of patients in the region
Source: GNA
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The youth of this age seem to have no interest in getting real education.They go to school because they are asked to.Most donnot really understand why they should be in school and so they learn any how pass anyhow and come to work anyhow.I think this is a problem that needs to be addressed
Very perfect, Mr President. I always refer to you as the hero among heroes. God bless you.
You lied about so many things. 3 months after saying we are terminating the IMF deal, you went ahead to extend it. You are a liar with no shame. Integrity is nowhere close to you. Free SHS has just started and you think you have successfully implemented it
God bless you Mr.President
The media is pampering this man and he goes about deceiving himself that he is doing well. After appointing an elephant size government, we are still borrowing even more than before and there is nothing to show for them. He keeps stealing JM's projects like tema port expansion, national identification and paperless port transaction. He is not able to maintain law and order. He calls criminals like delta and invincible forces volunteer groups and the media let's him go Scort free.
OUR PRESIDENT IS ALWAYS SURPRISING ME..YOU MADE SO MANY PROMISES FOR YOUR VOTES..HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN SO SOON..I DONT WANT TO BELIEVE YOU ARE DREAMING..BUT BE CAREFUL OF THE MEDIA..I THINK THE PAMPERING IS NOT HELPING YOUR SITUATION..LET THEM CRITIC YOU SO YOU CAN AMEND YOUR WAYS..YOUR CREDIBILITY IS GOING DOWN TOO EARLY..
The President has truely done well by gradually putting measures in place to achieve his aim n to win e trust of hid subjects.may God grant u e strength.knowledge n understanding to perform ur task
Well done Mr. President , the sky is your spring board I know With God by your side you will deliver all what you have said long live Ghana long live Mr President
The policy is infringing some of as our right to educate,how can Now if you go to senior high (SHS) for admittion then they are telling you they can't admits you.then they start by saying the old system has blocked,the question is. Are we not Ghanaians?
This man doesn't know he lied to us about fuel prices, utility tarrifs, taxes, lean government, borrowing, cedi depreciation etc. The media is just pampering him so he thinks he can go Scort free