{"id":556,"date":"2019-05-13T12:22:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T12:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=556"},"modified":"2019-05-13T12:22:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T12:22:42","slug":"kpedze-zongo-chief-shows-appreciation-for-govt-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/parties\/kpedze-zongo-chief-shows-appreciation-for-govt-policies","title":{"rendered":"Kpedze Zongo Chief shows appreciation for govt policies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Zongo Chief of Kpedze in the Volta Region, Alhaji Iddrisu Eliasu, has praised President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government for the far-reaching policies to address the basic needs of the ordinary Ghanaian.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alhaji Eliasu said he was pleased with the manner in which the government was trying to lessen the burden on Zongo people by not just giving them perishables such as rice and sugar but implementing policies that guaranteed them sustainable livelihoods.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour Excellency, we are very happy that you have joined us. We have always needed somebody to come and help the Zongos. We are glad your government has come and is doing just that.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany governments have come and gone, but none prioritised the plight of the Zongos. Your government has come to show us so much love by ending the era of governments giving the Zongos just rice and sugar. No, we don\u2019t need that. Rather, we need your Planting for Food and Jobs, free senior high school (SHS), Zongo Development Fund, Arabic teaching and the many social interventions you have rolled out. We think the era of rice and sugar should be over,\u201d Chief Eliasu said.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust yesterday we collected our fertiliser under the Planting for Food and Jobs programme and, thankfully, there is rain today. Tomorrow, we will be applying the fertiliser,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Zongo Chief said this when the Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, joined his Muslim brothers and sisters to worship Allah and pray for the nation as part of his Ramadan Tour to the Volta Region last Saturday.<\/p>\n

Islamic school<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alhaji Eliasu added that the Zongos were also taking part in the Planting for Food and Export programme, saying: \u201cI don\u2019t think we now have any excuse for poverty and that our children shouldn\u2019t go to school up to JHS. For that, we are very grateful,\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>\n

He paid special tribute to Vice-President Bawumia for fulfilling the promise he made to the people of Kpedze in the run-up to the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour Excellency, you were here in 2016 as running mate. Today, you are here as Vice-President and we pray that you will come back here in 2021 as Vice-President.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou were here as a candidate and made a promise, which has been fulfilled, leading to the take-off of our Islamic school here in the Zongo, the first and only one in the district,\u201d Chief Eliasu recounted.<\/p>\n

Ramadan Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr Bawumia started his three-day Ramadan Tour from the Oti Region on May 10, 2019, where he visited mosques, as well as chiefs and people, in communities such as Dambai, Kwamekrom and Kadjebi.<\/p>\n

The three-day tour saw him visit a number of mosques in the Oti, Volta and Eastern regions, during which he joined fellow Muslims to pray for Ghana as they fasted.
\nIt was the first phase of a nationwide Ramadan Tour.<\/p>\n

The Vice-President will take the tour to all the 16 regions of the country to worship and pray with adherents of the Islamic faith.<\/p>\n

In the Volta Region, Dr Bawumia visited communities such as Kpando, Kpedze and Dzodze.<\/p>\n

In each community, he worshipped and prayed in the mosques and also called on the chiefs and the people of Kpedze and Dzodze at the chiefs\u2019 palaces.<\/p>\n

Kpedze<\/strong><\/p>\n

Addressing the congregation of Muslims at the mosque in Kpedze, the Vice-President called for peace and unity among members of the Islamic faith, as well as the need for acceptance and tolerance across various faiths in the country, particularly between Muslims and Christians.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, we enjoy real peace and harmony between Muslims and Christians, largely because we tolerate and accept each other, despite our diversity in faith. We should not take this precious commodity (peace) for granted, since the absence of it means anything worse one can think of,\u201d he admonished.<\/p>\n

He added that \u201cas a country, our growth and development lies in our unity and we must do everything possible to preserve that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Vice-President was joined by the Volta Regional Minister, Dr Yao Archibald Letsa; the Minister of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs, Mr Kofi Dzamesi, and the Minister of Inner Cities and Zongo Development, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid.<\/p>\n

Others were a Deputy Information Minister, Mr Pius Enam Hadzide; a Minister of State at the Presidency, Mr Abubakar Boniface, and other government officials.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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