Government has not reneged on its promises – DCE

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May 01, 2011 Ashaiman, May 1, GNA - Mr Seji Saji, 36, Project Manager of the African Centre for Energy Policy, on Saturday won the Ashaiman Constituency primary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) with 244 votes. The two other contestants in the race, Mr Thomas Adongo and Mr Emmanuel Kingsley Teye, former Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, had 115 and 94 votes respectively. Mr Saji thanked the delegates for the confidence reposed in him, and reminded members and supporters of their collective responsibility to wrest power from the National Democratic Congress come December 2012.

May 01, 2011
Apam, (C/R) May 1, GNA – The District Chief Executive of Gomoa West, Mr Theophilus Aidoo-Mensah, has said that the National Democratic Congress-led government has not reneged on its campaign promises made to Ghanaians.

He has, therefore, asked those who accusing the government, especially the NPP of not fulfilling its promises to “give us a break”.

Mr Aidoo-Mensah said this at a graduation ceremony of 45 dressmakers, who are beneficiaries of the National Youth Employment Programme, (NYEP) at Apam at the weekend.

It ceremony was under the theme: “Empowering the Youth with Technical and Vocational Skills for a Better Ghana”.

The DCE said 8,000 out of the 8,600 free school uniforms received by the assembly had been distributed and the rest would be given out when basic schools re-open.

He said most of the Apam Town Roads had been tarred and the rest would be completed by the middle of May.

The Member of Parliament for Gomoa West, Mr Francis Kojo Arthur, said most communities without electricity had now been connected to the national electrification grid.

The Central Regional co-ordinator of the NYEP, Nana Osibi, said equipping the youth with skills is so dear to the government, therefore, he encouraged all idle youth across the country to register with the NYEP.

The Gomoa West coordinator of the NYEP, Mr Alex Gyimah, announced that the district had trained a total of 1,099 youth free of charge and that more models in Auto-Mechanic, Welding and Plumbing would also be introduced soon.

GNA

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