Former Deputy Upper East Regional Minister and MP for Builsa North, Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia, has joined the list of New Patriotic Party members defending the flagbearer’s campaign promise of “one village, one dam” to boost agriculture in the three northern regions of Ghana.
According to her, she is disappointed at NDC members, especially those from the northern part of the country, saying Nana Akufo-Addo’s promise is not achievable.
“My brother, we need to be truthful to ourselves, these NDC members shouting about this promise are only singing along a propaganda tune. They all know in their hearts that creating dams to save water for dry season farming is an easy thing to do; once there is commitment from a government. As politicians from the North, we need to think about our people and how to eradicate poverty and create jobs here. Our people do farming and given the support, they will like to do it the more. This is what Nana Addo is assuring and I believe it is possible.”
Madam Asangalisa Chigabatia was speaking in an exclusive interview with the DAILY GUIDE after a community durbar at Chuchuliga in the Builsa North district of the Upper East Region.
The durbar, organized by the former Deputy Regional Minister, was meant to bring the people of the community together to socialize and to rebuild friendship and family bonds that have been broken as a result of politics and other social happenings, in the past.
“Various political activities in the Builsa North Constituency and even in Chuchuliga, have caused friends and family members to go different ways to support different parties and politicians, and as a result, they are not able to relate as they did in the past.”
As a mother and politician, I have taken the lead to get my people to understand that, it is normal for people to support and belong to different parties, but abnormal for them to hate each other and refuse to sit for deliberation on community development. I have told them that, if they are divided, politicians will use them for their campaigns and gather their votes and yet, the community will not get any meaningful development.”
She asked the people of Chuchuliga to forgive each other and unite quickly, so that various groups in the area can take decisions as to what to demand from political party leaders who will come to them to seek their votes.
The durbar was attended largely by women and peasant farmers who benefitted from Madam Chigabatia’s support to agriculture and women in petty trading, at a time she was the Member of Parliament.
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