DISCARD DIVISIVE POLITICS

08-08-09 DISCARD DIVISIVE POLITICS
Residents of the East Mamprusi District have been asked to discard divisive politics that tend to mar the development of the area. The East Mamprusi District Chief Executive, Adam Imoro disclosed this at a meeting with Sakogu community members in the Northern Region to learn at first hand the needs and expectations of the community from his administration, he noted that development in the district cannot strive without unity from the ruling NDC, and sympathizers from the opposition NPP, adding that his administration will develop each community devoid of political affiliation. The Sakogu Chief, Kosarana Azabu appealed to the DCE to construct a police station for his community to ensure continues peace and order among the people. Naa Kosaran also asked for the repair and extension of street lights within the community which according to him have for the past four years remain defunct in order to ward off criminal activities at night. To this end, the DCE expressed his readiness to ensure that portable water supply systems are extended to all parts of the district and promised to hook the remaining communities to the national grid. The Assembly man for Sakogu Salifu Mamtamia commended the DCE for his timely intervention in roofing the Sakogu Junior High and L/A Primary schools, whose roofs were ripped off in a stormy rain that hit the district. Meanwhile, The Chief of Dindani, Poa Naba Azah, during the DCE’s visit appealed to the assembly to construct a road that can link his village to the main road that runs through Sakogu to the rest of the region. He also requested the provision of a borehole pump to supply portable drinking water to the people. Mr. Imoro had earlier visited Kolinvai village also in the district, where he commissioned a borehole pump constructed by the Catholic Relief Service at the cost of 8,500 dollars.
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