President Akufo-Addo yesterday had cause to respond to claims by former President Mahama that he has been commissioning projects initiated by the previous NDC administration across the country.
The former President and his party opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) claim the President has nothing to his credit.
He made the disclosure when Tumu Kuoro, Richard Babini Kanton VI led the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs to the Flagstaff House yesterday.
The chiefs passionately appealed to government to fix deplorable roads in their area.
President Akufo-Addo said before he began his presidency, he was told by the principal competitor [Mahama] that he had done all the roads in the country in what he termed unprecedented infrastructural development in the country.
The President said despite the claims by the former president, the issue of deplorable roads has been raised by several chiefs and traditional leaders in the country.
He said: “It’s not good for us politicians to be misleading the people; if you have not done something, don’t claim it, don’t write it in your book; don’t make pronouncements on it. The people themselves can tell the truth of what is going on.”
“I think it’s important that we, the political leaders of the country, exercise some sense of responsibility when we are making some of these claims.”
The Tumu Kuoro and President of the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs, Babini Kanton VI, raised some major issues that are of concern to the chiefs and people of the area.
They also asked the President to facilitate the passage of the University for Development Studies (UDS) Bill into law as a matter of urgency to ensure that students’ admission for 2019/2020 academic year can be decentralized to the three autonomous campuses as announced by the President during the last congregation of the University of Tamale.
The chiefs also appealed to the President to assist them to ensure the completion of the Wa Regional Hospital to help minimize referral cases from the region.
They also asked for the fast-tracking of the commercial flights to and from the Upper West Region to ease the movement of travellers to the region.
President Akufo-Addo took note of all the concerns and suggestions put forward by the delegation and assured them that they would be given the necessary attention by his office, as well as other relevant state institutions.
Source: Daily Guide
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Even in defending himself Nana Addo has lied again. When did Mahama say he had done all roads??? Massa we are wide awake so please go way with your empty talk. Since you came to power just tell us what you have done and stop Mahama this Mahama that.
Listen to the everyday lying president calling someone a liar, sorry, check yourself mr president, when it comes lies every Ghanaian knows you are a big time liar
Aluta, please can you mention specifically which roads or streets in UK are not tarred. Telling lies to underscore your lower standards will not help your country move forward. For your information under UK law, no structures be it houses or businesses are put up anywhere without tarred access roads to the extent that you will not be given planning permission unless there are at least roads, water supply, electricity, drainage systems, gas supply and telephone lines put in place before your structures can be built. There are roads called cobbled roads which can be found in certain villages and these villages and the cobbled roads go back to Roman times and therefore they are there for historical reasons. So to claim that there are roads in UK which are not tarred is a gross misrepresentation.
Is Peace Fm an extension of the government ‘s communication outfit? Peace FM tell the president that I am not being misled because I know who rehabilitated the Kojokrom railway lines
nana don't waste your breath on this good for nothing mahama he is a number one conman, sorry we don't need such cr1mially minded personalities in our body politics
Mahama is an apology of a politician. He happens to be at that height principally because there seem to be no serious contender in their party. He does not have the qualities of the office he is dying for. Oh Ghana, why?
and yet you claim that all infrastructural development has been by completed mahama and PRESIDENT Akufo Addo is commission them Hypocrite party.
EVEN AMERICA OR UK WITH OVER 200 YRS OF DEMCRACY STILL HAVE SOME ROADS THAT ARE NOT EASILY MOTORABLE. NOT ALL THEIR ROADS ARE TARRED. EVERY GOVERNMENT WILL DO WHAT YOU CAN AND LEAVE WHAT YOU CANNOT DO. IF EVEN NKRUMAH WHO HAD ALL THE RESOURCES AND FULL SUPPORT HAD STAYED IN POWER TILL TODAY HE WILL STILL NOT BE ABLE TO DEVELOP ALL THE ROADS TO THE STANDARD REQUIRED OF PERFECT ROADS. IT IS JUST LIKE YOU SHOUTING EVERY DAY "I HAVE FULFILLED ALL MY PROMISES" AND YET GHANAIANS CANNOT SEE ANYTHING POSITIVE IN WHAT YOU CLAIM TO HAVE FULFILLED. FREE SHS IS WORSE THAN WHEN STUDENTS WERE PAYING FEES YET YOU ALL (NPP) OPEN YOUR MOUTHS AT VERY WRONG ANGLES TO WORRY GHANAIANS OF YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS. GIVE US PEACE IN OUR EARS, OGA.
Oh yes, We constructed UNPRECEDENTED levels of infrastructure especially roads. Unfortunately, the NPP failed to maintain them so they all vanished into thin air, leaving potholes. Kanazoe can testify to this. Our 2020 candidate dey bee k3k3! ONAAPO!!