President John Dramani Mahama has said the Upper East Region will receive its fair share of development in his second term as President of the Ghana.
Speaking during a courtesy call on the Bolgatanga Traditional Council to begin his three-day campaign tour of the region on Sunday, the president told the people that his government had outlined a number of projects it intended to implement for the benefit of the people.
He also said various ongoing projects such as the new regional hospital would be completed.
“Here in Bolgatanga, we are constructing the Upper East Regional Hospital. Work is in progress and I’m very happy to inform you that the Saudi government has approved another tranche of financing, which will cover equipment and the Phase Two of the hospital. And, so, that hospital will be completed. When it’s completed, it will become the major referral hospital in the whole of the Upper East Region. It means that in all the other districts, if there are any cases they cannot manage, they will refer them here to Bolgatanga because the hospital is the state-of-the-art one. It’s the same we are building in Wa in the Upper West Region. Everything you can find in Tamale and Komfo Anokye and Korle Bu [teaching hospitals] you will find here in your own hospital and, so, we will continue and finish it,” he stated.
Mr Mahama also reiterated his pledge for a peaceful electioneering process.
According to him, adequate security measures have been put in place to ensure the success of the elections.
He also repeated his call on traditional rulers and religious leaders to call politicians to order when things are not going the right way.
“A lot of the time, disturbances happen after elections when people are not happy with the results that have come out, and that’s where we have to be careful, and, so, we are mapping out strategies to ensure that there is no violence. The constitution makes allowance for everything. If you are not satisfied with the results of an election, it gives you room for redress and all of us must take advantage of that and act in a civilised and legitimate manner. I would urge our traditional rulers, our religious leaders – you are the conscience of our nation. Sometimes as politicians we get overwhelmed with the passion of the moment and so you need to be there to call us to order when things are not going the right way,” he said.
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