Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has hinted that plans are afoot for the Prestea-Huni Valley Constituency in the Prestea-Huni Valley Municipal of the Western Region to benefit from an Oil Palm Factory under the 1D1F initiative.
Against this background, palm seedlings have been given to some identifiable farmer groups within the communities who are interested in oil palm plantation to plant for production.
He noted that the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) constructed a factory without considering where it was going to source for raw materials to feed the factory which led to the collapsed of the factory.
Addressing a durbar of chiefs and people of Prestea as part of his two-day working visit to the Western Region, he recalled that during the 2016 electioneering campaign, the chiefs requested for the construction of their major and town roads which have been catered for in the SINO Hydro facility from China.
Dr. Bawumia contended that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) cannot sit and watch a section of the citizens to die and later build mortuaries for them but will cater for their social and economic needs while they are alive.
He mentioned some of the projects currently being pursued in the Municipality as the construction of astro turf for sporting activities, restoration of the Sankofa Gold Mines, provision of a community mining and provision of ambulances among others.
He emphasized that the December 7, general elections is crucial since it decides on the destiny of the country and for that matter ought to be peaceful, free and fair.
“It is about records on performance in that the two main contesters have been in government and so Ghanaians must weigh the difference and decide for themselves”, he alluded.
According to him, the NDC took the country to the IMF due to its mishandling of the Ghanaian economy which brought a lot of negative impacts on the economy and leading to freeze on employments.
To this wake, Dr. Bawumia appealed to the chiefs and people of the Municipality to have the confidence in the Nana Addo-led administration and retain them to do more for the people of Ghana.
Madam Barbara Oteng-Gyasi, Member of Parliament (MP) for the Prestea-Huni Valley Constituency indicated that 444 graduates have benefited from the NABCO program in the constituency who would have been unemployed.
She added that the Government is building a new municipal hospital and prioritizing children’s health care while expanding the existing hospital to cater for the health needs of the constituents.
Story: Seth Ameyaw Danquah
