The Omanhene of Banda Traditional Council, Nana Sekyemme
Sinapem II has applauded the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP)
for consistently supporting the people of Banda.
The Banda Constituency, in the Bono Region, has since its creation in
2012, traditionally voted for the NDC, but welcoming Dr. Bawumia to
the Constituency on Sunday, on behalf of the Banda Traditional
Council, the Omanhene praised the NPP Government, under the
governments of President John Agyekum Kufuor and Nana Akufo-
Addo, for giving the Constituency all of major projects.
'Sometime back we requested for the realisation of the Bui power
project, which Kwame Nkrumah planned to do but could not do
because he was overthrown. We pursued it through the then
government but did not happen despite chasing for it for sometime.
In fact one of the leaders then, a Deputy Minister of Agric, even told
us he has brought a new breed of cassava plant so we should rather
plant the cassava, which he said was better than pursuing the Bui
Dam," the Omanhene recalled.
"Fortunately President Kufuor came and we told him about it and it
materialised. So we had the Bui Dam project right here by the NPP,
under the government of Kufuor which opened up this place."
"Our roads were also very bad and Kufuor said no these roads
needed improvement And the first tarred road here in Banda was
done by the NPP government of Kufuor. Again, the same NPP
government under Kufuor gave us massive extension of electricity."
The Omanhene added that the trend of the NPP giving Banda
development projects have continued under the government of
Nana Akufo-Addo from 2017.
"Again, under the government of Nana Akufo-Addo, Bui Dam has
seen extension with the addition of solar power."
"Through our brother Joe Dankwa, another stretch of road has been
done here by the NPP. So the two tarred roads we havr here were all
done by the NPP.''
"Here, our farmers are mostly cashew farmers and for factories, we
have a cashew processing factory as well a sugar cane factory. All
these were done by the NPP."
The Omanhene continued the Traditional Council's commendations
for the NPP by highlighting roads which are being worked on, as well
as other projects, including 8 durbar grounds and an astro turf under
the Middle Belt Development Authority by the Akufo-Addo
government.
While appealing to Dr. Bawumia to ensure that some ongoing
projects are completed, he assured him of the Constituency's
support and their quest to send the NPP Parliamentary Candidate,
Joe Dankwa, whom he described as "development oriented" to
Parliament.
They also appealed to Dr. Bawumia to consider Banda for one of the
Agenda 111 hospital projects because of the inconvenience of of
travelling from Banda to Nsokwa to access improved healthcare.
"If we are here today, we are here wholeheartedly to support you so
that our community will see more development," the Omanhene
said.
Dr. Bawumia assured the Omanhene of his commitment to
continuing the NPP's tradition of being a government for all, assuring
him that the concerns he has raised with the hospital and others, will
be addressed.
Dr. Bawumia expressed gratitude to the Banda Traditional Council
for the encouragement, assuring further, that he wont disappoint as
President because he has to be accountable to the people in order to
seek their mandate again.
