The President, John Evans Atta Mills, is certain to win the 2012 presidential election, contrary to concerns raised by a section of the National Democratic Congress top brass and the opposition New Patriotic Party that the party is heading for defeat in the next election, which comes off in a matter of three years.
According to President Mills, by the end of his four-year mandate, Ghanaians would appreciate the �Better Agenda Cause� promised by his party in its 2008 manifesto so much they would definitely re-elect the umbrella grouping for another four years.
�Twenty-ten will be better than 2009 because God is on our side. At the end of our four-year term which I am certain will be extended for another four years, we would have produced quality young men and women who can take their place in the world with pride and do credit to Mother Ghana,� he asserted, brimming with confidence.
Speaking at a durbar of chiefs and people of Mamfe-Akuapem in the Eastern region to mark the 2009 Ohum festival on Saturday, the president noted that human resource development is the pillar on which the development of the nation rests.
He said the provision of free school uniforms and text books; the extension of the Ghana School Feeding Programme, the increase in the Capitation Grant, as well as Government�s commitment to subsidize the cost of distance learning by teachers in rural areas are all signs of the �Better Ghana Agenda.�
The president admonished the teeming youth of Mamfe to uphold such core moral values as honesty, humility, hard work, respect for elders and dedication to the cause of the country for a better future.
Speaking on the theme �Educating our Youth: the Surest Way of Reducing Poverty in our communities,� Osabarima Ansah Sasraku III, Mamfehene and Kyidomhene of the Akuapem traditional area, said examination results from the various schools in the community are showing measurable improvements.
�My vision is that, within the next five years, we would have no less than 80% Mamfe junior high school graduates go on to the senior high school, and, out of this number, not less than 75% should have gone on to the tertiary level.
�In 2009, the Mamfe Presbyterian Junior High School presented a total of 44 candidates and, out of this number, 35 students gained admission into senior high schools. These children are the future of Mamfe and our beloved country and they deserve all that we can give them to prepare them to play their role in our country�s development,� he said.
The Mamfehene commended Government on the free uniform initiative and the expansion of the school feeding programme and appealed for the establishment of proposed ICT Education Centre at Mamfe.
He pledged that the people of Mamfe will be in partnership with the government �to do our part alongside Government in the effort to provide a meaningful education for all Ghanaian children.�
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