Akufo-Addo thanks Walewale for “First Class” Veep
President Nana Addo Akufo-Addo has expressed his gratitude to the chiefs and people of Walewale in the North East Region for their “first-class son” Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
According to the President, his Vice, Dr Bawumia, who hails from the region, has been instrumental to his government.
“I want to end by saying a big thank you to the people of the North East Region, especially to the people of Walewale. You have given me a first-class assistant in the form of the Vice President, Mahamudu Bawumia. He has been of great help to me and my government,” The President said.
He remarked at a meeting on Tuesday, June 22, with the chiefs and people of Walewale at the commencement of his two-day tour of the region.
He told the gathering one of the reasons for his tour was to thank the chiefs and people for their support and his party in the 2020 general elections.
“Of the six seats there are in the North East region, NPP won four. For the first time in the history of the Fourth Republic, the NPP Presidential candidate won the absolute majority of the presidential vote in the North East Region,” President Akufo-Addo said.
However, he indicated that it was sad that “Nalerigu and Bunkpurugu did not vote for the NPP. It is a pity, and I am hoping that next time we can do better and get all six seats in the North East region.”
“Even though in Nalerigu, the NPP lost a woman in the person of Hajia Alima Mahama, you, in Walewale, have given me another woman.
I have expressed my appreciation not only for the votes but also for her qualities and abilities in nominating her as the Deputy Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection,” he expressed.
He assured that by completing the composition of his government, there would be more appointments made from the region.
He also thanked the Wulugu Naba for his words of commendation for the work undertaken since 2017 in all parts of the country, describing it as very encouraging for him.
“I want to assure him that expanding the road network and the establishment of a tertiary institution in the region are going to be taken on board, and something will be done about it,” he said.
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With a few days to the start of the 2021 census, President Akufo-Addo urged residents of Walewale and the North East Region to participate in the exercise.
The enumeration of Ghanaians and foreigners would officially commence on Monday, June 28, but there would be a Census Night on Sunday, June 27, to count persons in transit and the homeless.