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The Paramount Chief for Bawku Traditional Area, Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka, has declared he will support President John Dramani Mahama to clinch a gigantic victory in the less than three months general elections.

The overlord of Bawku says he is gratified by the enormous development projects that have been accorded the community by the Mahama-led and his National Democratic Congress administration.

He stressed he was very elated following the construction of the Bawku water project, the construction of the Tamne irrigation dam at Garu and the cutting of sod to commence construction work on the precarious Bawku-Bolga road, which had not been given attention by previous governments.

Naba Azoka made the declaration when the president paid a courtesy call on him at his palace at Bawku in the Upper East Region.

President Mahama's visit to the Bawku Traditional Council forms part of his 'Accounting to the People tour' in the region.

In his speech at the sod cutting ceremony, President  Mahama said his government was committed to fixing bad roads in the country and pledged his government would construct many roads for the Upper East Region to promote socio-economic development.

President Mahama also said the construction of the Bawku water project was to ease the acute water shortage in the Bawku Municipality and its environs, adding his government was resolved to rectifying water crisis in all parts of the country.

The president cut sod for the construction of the Tamne irrigation dam and said, the construction of the dam, if complete, would help farmers in the beneficiary communities to embark on all year round farming.