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President Mills has appealed to citizens of the Volta Region to exercise patience and allow the government to systematically implement its national development agenda. Speaking to Journalists at the Castle, Osu on Friday August 5, 2011, President Mills said he was �more concerned� than the youth of the region who recently demonstrated to demand a faster pace of development more than halfway through the term of the Mills administration, and assured that �if you look at what we have in the pipeline, Volta Region will get even more than their fair share. �What I want them to understand is that you cannot do everything at the same time. When we came into office for example, the Tetteh Quarshie-Adenta road was already under construction. The Achimota-Ofankor, Sofoline etc. You cant just abandon them and start new things so we are continuing with them. With Volta there are a lot of projects.� On August 3, 2011, the Volta Region Police disrupted and arrested the leaders of a group of NDC supporters demonstrating over the delay in the construction of the University of Allied Health Sciences in the Volta region and the completion of the Eastern Corridor road. They called for the immediate resignation of the Regional Minister Joseph Amenowode and the Ho Municipal Chief Executive Isaac Kodobisah, accusing them of incompetence. President Mills broke ground for the construction of the University a few months ago but work is yet to commence. In apparent response to his critics who say he has failed to develop the ruling party�s strongest support base, President Mills challenged all objective observers to visit the region and see for themselves the works undertaken by the NDC since he assumed office in January 2009 insisting, �Anyone who wants to be fair to us and goes round Volta Region will see that a lot of work has been done. It�s not that for the two and half years we haven�t done anything in Volta Region.� �I would want us to look at things rather objectively,� he advised. �There is more to be done, and we are determined to do it. We have decided to space things out, and I believe that at the end of the four years people can see what we have done in the Volta Region and other Regions.�