[ 2016-11-17 ]

Akufo-Addo assures Afram Plains residents of jobs and prosperity
COMMENTS
The 2016 presidential candidate of the New
Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has
assured residents of Afram plains, in the Eastern
Region, of an improvement in their living
standards, as well as the provision of much needed
infrastructural development, when he wins this
year’s elections.

At Tease, a small town in the Afram Plains South
constituency, on Wednesday, November 16, 2016,
Nana Akufo-Addo noted that “Afram Plains should
have been a very wealthy part of Ghana, as a
result of the resources and the vast tracts of
arable land here. However, this is not the
case.”

Nonetheless, the NPP flagbearer assured that
“under an Akufo-Addo government, there will be
wealth and prosperity for all in Afram
Plains.”akufo-addo-at-afram-plains-2

He therefore, appealed for the support of
residents of Afram Plains North and Afram Plains
South constituencies in this year’s elections.

According to Nana Akufo-Addo, the NPP has
fashioned out policies and programmes aimed at
ensuring the rapid development of Afram Plains,
through the creation of jobs, increasing
agricultural productivity through the setting up
of irrigation systems, as well as the
establishment of the Infrastructure for Poverty
Eradication Programme
(IPEP).akufo-addo-with-the-afram-plains-south-npp-parliamentary-candidate

Under IPEP, the NPP flagbearer assured the Chiefs
and people of Afram Plains that his government,
will allocate US$1 million per year, per
constituency, to tackle issues relating to
infrastructural needs of constituencies, such as
sanitation, roads and water supply.

With high levels of unemployment amongst the youth
being a major problem facing residents of Afram
Plains, Nana Akufo-Addo reiterated his pledge of
helping to establish a factory in the Afram Plains
district, under his 1-District-1-Factory policy,
to address these issues.

To this end, he stated that his government, in
collaboration with the private sector, will help
set up a cassava processing facility in Afram
Plains, which will help create jobs for the youth,
as well as increase agricultural productivity of
farmers, whilst, at the same time, guaranteeing a
ready market for farmers.

“What I have said to you this afternoon are not
election year gimmicks. I am not coming into
office to say things I cannot do. Everything I
have said to you has been well-thought through and
will be implemented to the letter. All you have
heard me say today are solutions I will
implement,” he added.

He, thus, appealed to residents of Afram Plains,
where the NPP has never won in either the
presidential or parliamentary vote since 1992,
“to ride, in this year’s elections, on the
back of the Elephant, and help push the Elephant
into Jubilee House, so we can perform a task for
the people of Ghana, which will bring jobs, wealth
and prosperity to all, without discrimination.”

“I am not coming into office to lord power over
the people. Neither, am I coming into office to
use disrespectful language on the people. I will
not, for instance, promise a 1-time health
insurance premium and forget about it when in
office. I will not say to Ghanaians that they have
short memories. I am also not coming into office
to steal the people’s money to fill my pockets.
That’s not why I am seeking your mandate.”

Whilst in Afram Plain South, Nana Akufo-Addo also
visited Ekye, Amanfrom, and Maame Drobo; and
Donkorkrom in Afram Plains North.

Source - Kasapafm

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