The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has jabbed the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), saying the umbrella had developed holes and was gradually breaking apart.
According to the President, the umbrella was not in good condition, and that it was not advisable for people to continue to stay under it.
He has, therefore, urged the chiefs and people of Shai Osudoku, who have not been voting for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), to, this time, come and sit on the back of the elephant.
President Akufo-Addo was addressing a durbar of chiefs in Shai Osudoku area yesterday, as part of his four -day tour of the Greater Accra Region.
He had earlier, whilst addressing the Greater Accra House of Chiefs, made the same call to the Vice President of the House.
Speaking in the Akan parlance, President Akufo-Addo told the gathering to vote for him to lead the country for another four years.
He said: “This morning, I told the Accra Regional House of Chiefs’ Vice President that Shai Osudoku has not really come to sit behind the elephant before. All the time you are under the umbrella.
“Nowadays, I can see that the umbrella is breaking. It has developed holes in it. So, I am pleading that now that you have seen the good works of the elephant, Shai Osudoku should come and sit behind the elephant for us to change the elections this time. We ask God that this year, 4 more for Nana should work.”
The Dodowa Chief, Nene Okukrubuor Tei Kwasi Agyemang V, praised President Akufo-Addo for his outstanding delivery. He cited the construction of the Dodowa Infectious Disease Centre, a facility the President toured yesterday.
He also mentioned the implementation of the free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs, among other policies.
He assured President Akufo-Addo of victory, saying proverbially that he who climbs a good tree deserves a push.
At the meeting with the Greater Accra House of Chiefs, President Akufo-Addo outlined plans his government has for the House, including the setting up of a committee to look into the compulsory acquisition of lands.
“Let me also indicate to you my commitment to establishing a committee, God willing, early next year to take a comprehensive look at the issue to do with the compulsory acquisition of lands by government, its consequences, and the possible restoration of lands to their allodial owners.”
According to the President, the committee would make appropriate recommendations for the decision of the government.
Meanwhile, he was emphatic that with a few weeks to the holding of the elections, the setting up of this committee this year may not be feasible.
However, as a sign of his commitment to this, the President tasked the Minister for Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs “to begin stakeholder consultations with the House, so an agreement can be reached on the composition of this committee, and its terms of reference.”
He reassured the House that his government would continue to support the chieftaincy institution, so it can be strong and resilient, indicating that six new office complexes and bungalows would be provided the six-newly constituted Regional Houses of Chiefs.
The President told the House that in the course of the next twelve months, the government would construct district hospitals in districts without them in the Greater Accra Region.
This, he explained, was part of the government’s Agenda 111, which seeks to build district hospitals in districts without any.
“They are Ablekuma Central, Ablekuma North, Ablekuma West, Accra Metropolitan, Ada West, Adentan, Ashaiman, Ayawaso Central, Ayawaso East, Ayawaso West, Ga Central, Ga South, Korle Klottey, Krowor, La Nkwantanang Madina, Ningo Prampram and Tema West,” he said.
The hospitals, he indicated, would have a 100-bed capacity, fully equipped, and with appropriate accommodation for medical personnel, i.e. doctors and staff.
Giving an account of the work undertaken by the government in the Greater Accra Region over the course of his tenure of office, President Akufo-Addo told the House that “there are 847 projects being executed in the region, with 423 completed, and the remaining 424 ongoing.”
Out of the 423 completed projects, 87 are in the educational sector, 17 in the health sector, 173 in the roads sector, 74 in the water and sanitation sector, 25 in the industrial sector, and 10 market projects.
Of the 424 ongoing projects, 92 are in the educational sector, 18 in the health sector, 54 in the roads sector, 113 in the water and sanitation sector, 20 in the industrial sector, and 19 market projects.
The President of the Greater Accra House of Chief, Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, commended President Akufo-Addo for his goods works.
He requested the President to have a look at increasing their share of the District Assemblies Common Fund, and also fence the Greater Accra House of Chief’s premises for them.
From Dodowa, President Akufo-Addo moved to Adentan to inspect the ongoing construction of an interchange, bridge and ancillary infrastructure at Boundary road motorway extension. He also inspected an ongoing asphaltic overlay work at Adenta SSNIT flats. The President, from Adenta, visited Madina, where he addressed a durbar of the chiefs and people of Lanmma, before moving to Legon Presbyterian Boys School to commission a classroom block.
President Akufo-Addo finalised his four-day tour of the Greater Accra Region yesterday, after interacting with transport operators and hawkers at Lapaz, and commissioning a new ultramodern TV broadcast studio at North Ridge.
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