U/E Regional Minister calls for communal vigilance

Zebilla (U/E), Jan 29, GNA- The Upper East Regional Minster, Mr. Boniface Gambilla, has called on Ghanaians to renew their communal vigilante obligations to safeguard properties of government meant to improve their living conditions.

He said the destruction of infrastructure and other facilities meant that the government has to spend extra resources to repair them instead of expanding for other communities to benefit. Mr. Gambilla made the call at the People's Assembly held at Zebilla, in the Bawku West District in an apparent reaction to a group from Tanga to demonstrate against the ceremony for the destruction of electric poles to the village.

He said the destruction was not caused by the government or its appointee, but by the inhabitants of the area who are known to them. Mr. Gambilla, therefore, appealed to the people to exercise restrain in registering their protest and use all avenues of dialogue to seek redress in an amicable solution.

He said the NPP government was a listening one, but would not hide to tell Ghanaians the truth, adding that it would not shirk its responsibilities for political expediency.

The Regional Minister said the NPP had the vision of improving the welfare of all Ghanaians irrespective of its political affiliations. He, therefore, urged Ghanaians to assess the manifesto and programmes of the NPP, which are human-centred, to retain it in power since it was strategically positioned to move the country to attain its goals.

A member of the government delegation to the region, Mrs. Agnes Chigabatia, MP for Builsa, appealed to women to take advantage of the numerous governments' interventions in education to send the girl-child to school.

Another member Mr. Kwadwo Affram Asiedu, Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and PSI, challenged women to be industrious to reduce their dependence on their husbands.

He called for tolerance among the various ethnic groups in the area, and urged them to live peacefully and co-exist for the progress of the society.

The District Chief Executive (DCE) of Bawku West, Mr. Moses Abaare Appiah said the assembly had completed a multi-million cedi court building to ensure speedy and effective administration of justice. During the open forum, issues on the MCA, renaming of the district, the need for more classrooms, armed robbery, stealing, lack of adequate security personnel and the MP's fund were raised. 29 Jan 07