Veep Defends Creation Of New Districts

Lambussie, Nov. 29, GNA - Vice President, Alhaji Aliu Mahama said the creation of new districts in the country was on going and it was not a discriminative exercise by the government to deny certain areas earmarked for consideration the chance.

The Vice President said further consultations and considerations were being carried out to upgrade areas that were qualified for that status.

He, therefore, called on all communities who have applied for new districts and constituencies to exercise restraint

Alhaji Aliu said this when he addressed the chiefs and people of the Lambussie Traditional Area as part of his three-day working visit to the Upper West Region.

The Vice President was reacting to a call for the creation of a separate district for Lambussie by the Paramount Chief of the Traditional Area.

Alhaji Mahama said many factors were considered in the IMPLEMENTATION of the exercise and areas that did not meet the requirements should not feel slighted since not all applicants could be granted at the same time.

He called on the people of Lambussie to undertake sorghum cultivation for both consumption and sale to breweries who now prefer the local produce to the foreign ones due to the high import taxes.

Alhaji Aliu appealed to chiefs in the region to uphold the image of chieftaincy and tradition by ensuring that people of different religious backgrounds co-existed peacefully.

"Instead of engaging ourselves in chieftaincy and religious conflicts, we should rather forge ahead to fight poverty, our common enemy.

The Vice President said the NPP government was doing its best to reduce poverty and decrease the illiteracy rate in the country.

He called on Ghanaians to guard themselves against "politics of lies and misinformation which was drawing the clock of development back:"

Alhaji Mahama said the NPP government would continue to exhibit a high level of good governance, so that the poor and vulnerable could become self-reliant.

He said: "we shall not allow individual selfish politicians to send us back to the dark days".

On the first day of his three-day tour of the region, he inspected the construction of bridges and culverts at Duori and Lawra areas.

The Vice President also inspected on-going building of schools and other projects at Fielemuo, Lambussie, and Brutu.

He addressed chiefs and people of Lawra, Hamile, Fielumuo, Brutu and Lambussie.

At Lawra, Naa Abeifaa Karbo II, Paramount chief of the Lawra Traditional Area commended the government for the numerous development projects being undertaken n the district,

He appealed to the government to initiate measures to raise the living conditions of the people.

Naa karbo appealed to government to construct the irrigation dam aside the Kamiba dam to facilitate agriculture activities.

He also called for the rehabilitation of the Nadowli-Babile-Lawra road to enhance economic activities.

Kuoro Iddrisu Bamie, Paramount chief of the Lambussie Traditional Area called on the authorities to provide the people with potable water and to extend electricity to the area.

Professor Kassim Kasanga, Minister of Science and Environment, Mr Moses Dani Baa, deputy Minister of Health among other dignitaries accompanied Alhaji Aliu .