The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the people of Somanya, in the Yilo Krobo Constituency of the Eastern Region, to ignore the propaganda fed into the system by elements of the National Democratic Congress, to the effect that the University of Environment and Sustainable Development will be relocated from Somanya to Bunso.
Speaking on Thursday, 22nd November, 2018, on day 1 of his 3-day tour of the Eastern Region, President Akufo-Addo noted that the purpose of his visit to Somanya was not only to renew relations and acquaintances with the people, but also to put death some deliberate misinformation that has been fed into the system.
Responding to concerns raised by the Chiefs of the Traditional Area, the President stated that “there is only one University Environment and Sustainable Development here in the Eastern Region. It is the first public University in the Eastern Region. It has only one Vice Chancellor, it has one administrative headquarters. The Vice Chancellor’s residence is going to be built here (in Somanya). The administrative headquarters is also being built here (in Somanya).”
President Akufo-Addo noted that the agreement between Ghana and the Italian Government for the establishment of the University does not allow him nor anyone else to relocate the University to Bunso, as is being propagated by the NDC, or to any part of the country, for that matter.
“I come from the area of Bunso, so it is very easy for them (NDC) to come and tell you that ‘all the things that are meant for you, he is now taking it to his hometown.’ That is not the basis on which I am governing Ghana. I am not standing only for the people of Akim Abuakwa or Bunso, but I stand for the entire nation of Ghana,” the President added.
This deliberate act of misinformation, according to President Akufo-Addo, is being peddled the NDC because “these are people (NDC) who are looking at a long period in opposition”, explaining that the more desperate the NDC gets, the more fabrications they will put out.
“They, in their desperation to get to power, are prepared to say anything. Their purpose of coming back to power is to continue the programme of ‘Create, Loot and Share’. That programme is dead in Ghana. It will not happen again, that is not the programme the people of Ghana are looking for,” the President added.
He urged the Chiefs and people of Somanya not to be distracted by the propaganda, but rather encourage the contractors to finish the work as scheduled.
“I am hoping that by July 2019 the University will be completed, and will give me the opportunity to come to this campus to inaugurate the new University of Environment and Sustainable Development,” he added, to rapturous applause from the gathering.
2019 Budget for all
Touching on the 2019 budget, President Akufo-Addo assured that every part of Ghana will witness substantial infrastructural development, which will help put the country onto the path of progress and prosperity.
“So, the characters who will come here to try and peddle sectarian, ethnocentric, backward politics, you don’t have to worry yourselves about them. They have already been rejected by the people of Ghana, and they are going to be rejected again in 2020,” he said.
President Akufo-Addo, thus, appealed for the full support of the people of Yilo Krobo, towards the realization of the vision of Government.
“We went into a deep hole in Ghana, and we are now trying to dig ourselves out of it. Digging yourselves out of a deep hold is not easy. But we are going to do it, and we are going to succeed and bring this country up again,” he added.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Mr President how many universities have you built????
Give credit to the NDC for this project, they sourced the funds, land and even the drawings for this project, stop this cheap politics mr president. its your cousin for attempting the relocation mischief and not the NDC....Any attempt to claim credit or associate this university to Nana Addo and his NPP will not wash, they have done nothing as far as the funding, and all the necessary requirement for this project is concern....this is a fact... commentators cant do anything about it... period
Is Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa listening to what the President said? He should stop his propaganda and mischief now.
Any attempt to rig the 2020 election will cause blood spillage. No party should der coz some of us are ready to lay our lives.
2020 elections will be interesting. Ghanaians will be the better judge not the party will followers who can insult.
rigging election 2020 if needed is a must for Nana Addo and the NPP. I will support them physically and spiritually to make that happen. ndc is a us3l3ss group of ple who must not be considered as alternative for npp. if u dont want to vote for npp, then u are better off not voting at all bcos a vote for ndc means ur brains needs to be checked.
i am still baffled how the devil is able to put together a group of ple and call them ndc with folowers like an earlier commentator by the name "cool". how did the dev1l did that bcos I know God will never put such a group together. they are soo stup1?d beyond imagination. in my next life, if any, i will ask God not to send me to where an ndc person is and also He shd not bring an ndc person to where i am. they make me throw up anytime i see or hear them.
Did you listen to yourself??
GG you are sic k in your head you need to see doctor at pantan
WELL DONE MR PRESIDENT....YOU ARE BY FAR THE BEST PRESIDENT GHANA HAS HAD. NDC AND THEIR PROPAGANDA AND WILL CONTINUE TO LIVE WITH THEM IN OPPOSITION.