Give Mahama another term for more development - Veep

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has appealed to Ghanaians to vote for President John Dramani Mahama to continue with the good work he is doing for the country.

He described ‘as exceptional’ the level of infrastructure development realised under the Mahama Administration.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur was speaking at rally at Nkawkaw to kick-start a three-day campaign tour of the Eastern Region.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur is being accompanied by Ms Mavis Ama Frimpong, the Eastern Regional Minister, Mr Bismark Tawiah Boateng, the Eastern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Michael Teye Nyaunu, a former Member of Parliament (MP) for Manya Krobo, among others.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur also said a vote for President Mahama on December 7, would be a vote for progress and development.

He, therefore, asked Ghanaians to have confidence in the Mahama led-administration because he was not a divisive person as he had demonstrated throughout the period that he had been at the helm of affairs.

He said President John Mahama would continue to share the national care equally to all communities no matter where they were located.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur also urged all Kwahu citizens to vote for the NDC because it was a party that best served their interest as business people.

He said the Government had put in place the necessary infrastructure in the area in terms of water, roads and electricity to enable their businesses to thrive.

He also introduced the NDC’s Parliamentary candidate for the Nkawkaw Constituency, Mr Tamimu Halidu, to the crowd.

Mr Tawiah Boateng, the Eastern Regional Chairman of the NDC, stated that the Region’s agenda of sharing the votes and Parliamentary seats 50/50 was on course.

He said President Mahama’s infrastructural development in the four years of his rule was unparalleled in the history of the country.

He said people of the Kwahu area had also received their fair share of these infrastructural development, hence, the building of Community Day Schools, the Kumawu- Konongo-Kwahu Water Project and the construction of the Nkawkaw-Atibie Road.

Earlier, Vice President Amissah-Arthur and his team paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Nkawkaw Zongo, Abdul Nasser Usman.

He also used the occasion to address the large number of NDC supporters, who had gathered at the place, to vote massively for President Mahama to continue with his good projects.

The Chief of Nkawkaw Zongo, Abdul Nasser Usman, said the Zongos had benefited tremendously under the NDC Government.

He said the Zongo communities would continue to the support the Government to continue with its good works.

Later, Vice President Amissah-Arthur paid a courtesy call on Nana Kodua Kesse, the Oyoko hene of New Juaben Traditional area, the Chief of Koforidua Zongo, Abdulai Nassiru Mohammed and the Imam, Subaila Mohammed.

Thereafter, Vice President Amissah-Arthur addressed the Ewe Community at Koforidua Ayigbe-Town.

He urged them to embark on House to house campaign to tell the people about the good story of President Mahama’s transformational agenda.

He later introduced Mr Ransford Owusu Boakye, the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for New Juaben South, to the gathering and urged them to vote for him.