The National Democratic Congress (NDC) is unsure of any notable achievements that the Akufo-Addo administration can cite in the Upper East Region over the previous six years.
According to the NDC, the current administration has left the people of the Upper East Region to their fate. The government has failed to commit considerable amounts of money to ensure the rapid development of the region.
Jonathan Abdallah Salifu, the Upper East Regional Communication Officer for the NDC shared these sentiments when he spoke at the maiden edition of the NDC Communication Bureau’s ‘Upper East Region Must Know’ series today, February 21, 2023 at the party’s Regional Office in Zuarungu.
The Bolga-Bawku road’s abandonment is what has the NDC upset.
“Ladies and gentlemen, it is sad to note that similar road projects have been abandoned in the region. In the western zone of the region mention can be made of the Navrongo-Naaga road project, and the Chuchuliga-Sandema-Fumbisi-Wiesi road project. In the eastern zone, MissigaKulungungu road project, and the completion of a major portion of the Missiga-Pusiga-Polimakom stretch of the Bolgatanga-Bawku-Polimakom road project. All these have come about as a result of government’s unwillingness to commit funds to complete the projects. The reality is that we have been neglected as a region. In fact, the President in 2020 could only commission a street lighting and traffic lights projects in the regional capital, Bolgatanga. There is nothing worth pointing to in the region in terms of development for the six (6) years of this wicked, corrupt, inept, and nepotistic Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government,” Mr. Adballah Salifu said.
The former Upper East Regional Minister, Tangoba Abayage is however unhappy with the statements by the Upper East Regional Communication Officer of the NDC.
She explained that the government of the day had committed millions of Ghana cedis to rehabilitate the Tono Irrigation Dam and many other infrastructural projects in the region.
“Does he think Upper East is only Bolgatanga? He should come to Tono and see the multimillion water processing plant that supplies water for him to get some to drink in Bolgatanga. Whilst at it he should take a tour of the Tono and the Vea irrigation dams and see the multimillion rehabilitation works that have been undertaken there (in the case of Tono; the first ever major rehabilitation in its over 40 year’s history) Even in Bolgatanga he should go round the SHSs with his eyes not covered and see the huge infrastructural development. if he’s lazy to go round, one is just by the road: near Abole junction.”
She went on to challenge the NDC to show what the party had done to develop the region in its previous 8-year administration.
“On the other hand I’m challenging him to tell us what they did for this region in their 8 years, considering that this is one of their powerhouses.”
Read full the full statement here: UPPER EAST MUST KNOW SERIES PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY THE REGIONAL COMMUNICATION OFFICER OF NDC, COMRADE ABDALLAH JONATHAN SALIFU, ON ABADONMENT OF THE BOLGATANGA-BAWKUPULIMAKOM ROAD PROJECT.
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana
