Gov't has huge dev't plans for Volta Region - Mahama

The President John Dramani Mahama has promised the people of the Volta Region that his government will massively develop the region.

He made the commitment when he met chiefs across the region at the Volta Regional House of Chiefs.

Addressing the chiefs, President Mahama indicated that all stalled projects within the region will be revived soon to see completion.

According to him although the country is experiencing some economic challenges he is optimistic that the economy will be positive after key interventions are applied by government.

Whilst commending the Volta Region for its support to the National Democratic Congress (NDC), President Mahama assured them of many development projects his administration is involved in and would see to its completion.

The President had earlier on inspected the on-going projects at the permanent campus of the Ho University of Health and Allied Sciences.

President Mahama mentioned some of the prudent measures government was adopting to stem the economic challenges as widening the tax net to raise revenue, reduction of expenditure and increment of productivity at all levels of the economy.

He advised Party members not to despair, but should rather throw their weight behind all government officials to execute their duties responsibly to achieve the government's better Ghana agenda programme.

He added: "I want to tell all of you here to stand firm in the face of the difficulties we are encountering, because there is hope ahead of us, and by next year, things will change for the better.’’

The President denounced the bureaucratic tendencies that denied communities their fair share of developments and promised to eliminate those processes as they impeded the orderly progress of his administration.

“I want to assure the people of Volta Region through you [Chiefs] of our commitment to develop this region so that it occupies its premier place in the development of this country.’’

President Mahama said the Volta University is not the only project government is working, according to him, “we are finalizing arrangements for financing to upgrade the regional hospital into a teaching hospital for the use of the medical school of the University; we also are working very hard on the eastern corridor project… ‘’

“As I speak we have secured the funding and the contractors are mobilizing to site for e northern segment of the eastern corridor road,’’ President Mahama added.


SOURCE[citifmonline.com/Ghan]