Veep calls on public to support Police

Ejura (ASH) July 25, GNA- Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama has called on the public to support the Ghana Police Service to fight the growing incidence of crime. He said the police alone could not fight crime, hence the need for the general public to provide information and the necessary support to facilitate their work.

Vice President Mahama was speaking at Ejura, in the Ejura-Sekyere-Odumasi District of the Ashanti Region, as part of a day's official visit to the District. He said such co-operation would help minimise armed robbery and rid society of anti-social elements. Responding to a number of demands of the chiefs and people, he said the town's market, which he described as one of the biggest in the country would be provided with a fire tender. He said the Ejura Secondary School would also be upgraded and provided with a bus.

The Ejurahene (Chief) Nana Kwaku Sarfo II threw his weight behind the aspiration of Vice President Mahama to succeed President John Agyekum Kufuor in the 2008 General Election. "One unique thing that exists between you and the District is the fact that your Special Aid, Mr Asamoah Buabeng comes from Sekyedumase Royal Family while your Protocol Officer, Mr Enoch Osei Mensah comes from Ejura Royal Family.

"Your Excellency, we believe that the people of Ejura-Sekyedumase District will look at this connection between you and the District and support you in your desire to succeed President John Agyekum Kufuor as the next President of Ghana."

Vice President Mahama used his four-day official visit to the Ashanti Region, to visit Obuasi, where he inspected works on the Obuasi Children's Ward and the 12-kilometre Obuasi-Akrofuom road, being executed at the cost of 12 billion cedis (12 million Ghana cedis). He tasked the contractor to speed up work, which was started last September and schedule for completion in December, this year. "The people cannot wait to travel on good roads," he observed. During an interaction with the chiefs and people of Fomena, he asked them to be law abiding to ensure peace during the enstoolment of a new chief to succeed the late Nana Ofori Agyeman II.