DESIST FROM POLLUTING MINDS OF ELECTORATE — DZAMESI (PAGE 16)

The Volta Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, has asked politicians to desist from polluting the minds of the electorate in Volta Region to the effect that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has done nothing for the region.
He said it was simply hypocritical and a way of continuing to take the people of the Volta Region for granted because those politicians thought the region was a stronghold of a particular political party, and therefore could continue to belittle and demean its people.
‘They believe that whatever they say and do the people of the region will vote for them, no matter what, hence their misinformation and disinformation about the region,” he said.
Mr Dzamesi said this at the opening of a VRCC meeting embracing all heads of department and the management of the regional education endowment fund at the residency in Ho on Monday.
“As a government, we are duty-bound to counter such negative and unholy pieces of information in order to set the records straight,” he said.
He said the government achieved a lot in physical development, ranging from roads, school projects and health, and that it would be unfair, most deceitful, dishonest, insincere and unfortunate for any one to claim that the NPP had done nothing for the region.
The minister said apart from physical development, the government had implemented social programmes such as the national health insurance scheme and youth employment programme, which have brought a lot of relief to thousands of people in the region.
On the endowment fund, he appealed to members of the VRCC to help build the fund to promote formal education in the region.
Mr Dzamesi affirmed the wish that the regional education endowment fund could be one of the main legacies that his administration would leave for the region.
He advised the management board to be proactive to enable them to move into a higher gear to raise money to establish the fund in order to start the disbursement soon.
He called on Voltarians to unite and put an end to chieftaincy and land conflicts and move forward to build the region for the generations to come.
The President of the Volta Regional House of chiefs, the Agbogbomefia of Ho-Asogli, Togbe Afede XIV, pledged the commitment of chiefs to work closely with the VRCC to justify the notion that development was an important part of their calling.
He asked all Ghanaians to work towards peace rather than desire it in order to protect what the nation had achieved to make it unique in the sub-region.
The Chairman of the endowment fund, Professor John Aheto, said it was the hope that the fund would award scholarships to reverse the continuous decline of educational standards.