A group of disgruntled Voltarians have intensified their efforts to see the exit of President Mahama and the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) come November 7.
As part of their efforts, the ‘Volta for Change’ (V4C), as they are called, have decided to embark on a health stroke peace walk dubbed, “March for Change 2016″, to garner support for their activities and operations.
The group has as its slogan, ‘Mi Dezɔ Na Tɔtrɔto’, literally translated as movement for change.
The police have since given them the green light to go ahead with the event which is scheduled for Saturday, March 26, 2016 in the Ho Municipality.
Ho District Police Commander Benedicta Abboah Offei confirmed the planned event to DAILY GUIDE, indicating that the police had given them clearance.
In a statement, leading members of the group, Eyram Doe and Abraham Futukpor, said “for far too long, the NDC has relied on the Volta Region as a bedrock of support – referring to it as its world bank.”
According to them, “it is a support that the NDC has taken for granted which, given the neglect and decay in the region, is no longer justified.”
It is for this reason they have decided to embark on the walk to highlight these matters of supreme importance and accelerate them up the political agenda.
That, they said, was because “our region’s patent lack of development, in addition to infrastructural dilapidation, is stark; and yet election after election we continue to elect a party that has failed to deliver to our people.”
Leadership of V4C believes the Volta Region has the potential to be one of the leading regions in the country instead of the laggard it currently is under John Mahama and the NDC, highlighting high unemployment rate, withering farming sector, decrepit roads and poor health care provision as some of the region’s challenges.
Aside that, they noted that “corrupt, money-grabbing officials have consistently failed to deliver on promised projects” and that “the paltry projects that have been delivered have been hugely inflated and are of poor quality.”
They have therefore extended an invitation to all peace and development-loving Ghanaians, especially those from the Volta Region (Voltarians), to join them come Saturday, March 26, 2016 for the march which would start in front of Coca Cola depot at 6am and end at Dome at 10:00 am.
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