The President of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs, Naba Sigri Bewongon Thursday called on Ghanaians to seize the de-politicization of corruption in the country and forge ahead to deal decisively with it. He said with the ever-increasing alleged incidences of corruption, there is urgent need for all Ghanaians to unit in fighting the menace which is fast gaining grounds in the country.
Naba Sigri Bewong made the appeal when he addressed a gathering in Bolgatanga during a two-day working visit by the President, Mr John Dramani Mahama to the Upper East Region. The visit also afforded him the opportunity to inspect some developmental projects underway in the region.
Naba Sigri Bewongwho is also the Paramount Chief of the Sakoti Traditional Area encouraged government to institute stringent measures to deal with the social canker as it was gradually getting out of hand, calling on all to give the president the needed support to eradicate corruption in the country.
President John Dramani Mahama for his part said his administration had a will to fighting corruption, adding that he would provide the needed leadership in dealing with acts of corruption.
He said there was need to put in place systems to fight corruption, indicating that measures had been put in place to minimize the act to deal with individuals involved in such acts regardless of their political party or religious affiliations.
He said despite the numerous challenges the country encountered in his first year in office including economic difficulties, energy crises, labour unrest, market fires amongst others, he was resilient and resolute in dealing with the challenges.
According to the President, the economy was rapidly responding to the various measures initiated by government, adding that many more initiatives had been taken into consideration under the 2014 budget to strengthen the economy further and ultimately make it robust.
Earlier, he inspected lands acquired for the Regional Aerodrome Project expected to take off for domestic air transport in the region.
By: James Amoh Jnr. | A1radioonline.com | Ghana
