The presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo Addo, has acknowledged that the Western Region has not got its fair share of the national cake despite its enormous natural resources. The party will therefore ensure that the region especially, the capital, Sekondi-Takoradi is transformed radically within five years if it wins the December elections.
Nana was speaking at a forum with chiefs and queen mothers of the region in Sekondi. He said the NPP will promote the emerging oil and petrol-chemical industries in the region to make it the engine of the national economy for the benefit of all people. Nana Akufo Addo said the NPP is determined to revamp the railways to make it more viable to play its expected role in the economy and create job opportunities for the youth.
He recalled the role of the Western Region and Sekondi-Takoradi in the independence struggle, and the part played by people like Paa Grant and Pobee Biney and paid glowing tribute to them.
Nana Akufo Addo said it is important that at the turn of the country’s Golden Jubilee celebration, the NPP should hold its national delegates conference to launch its manifesto and mammoth rally in the Western Region to thank the pioneers of the independence struggle. He called for the support the chiefs and people of the region to enable the NPP to win the 2008 elections to continue its good works.
The President of the Western Region House of Chiefs and Omanhene of Lower Axim , Awulae Attibrukusu thanked Nana Akufo Addo for the visit to the house. He called on all the political parties to conduct their campaigns in a peaceful manner.
