{"id":681181,"date":"2019-08-14T17:18:50","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T17:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p>The Bawku Naba,\u00a0Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has thanked the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the projects being undertaken to improve the standard of living of the people of Bawku, in the Upper East Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n"},"modified":"2019-08-14T17:18:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T17:18:50","slug":"thank-you-for-the-dams-road-projects-free-shs-bawku-naba-to-president-akufo-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/14\/thank-you-for-the-dams-road-projects-free-shs-bawku-naba-to-president-akufo-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cThank You For The Dams, Road Projects, Free SHS\u201d \u2013 Bawku Naba To President Akufo-Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Bawku Naba,\u00a0Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has thanked the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the projects being undertaken to improve the standard of living of the people of Bawku, in the Upper East Region.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering his address when President Akufo-Addo paid a courtesy call on him on Tuesday, 13th August, 2019, as part of the latter\u2019s working visit to the Upper East Region, the Bawku Naba stated that \u201cwe are currently witnessing other roads and dam projects that your government is adding to them at various places in the traditional area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further told President Akufo-Addo that \u201cwe are grateful for the construction of the dams in this municipality. More of these dams are needed in the traditional area as a way of not only creating jobs for our rural people but also curtailing the constant North-South migration of the youth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Touching on the political appointments from his area made by President Akufo-Addo, which include\u00a0Deputy Ministers of State,\u00a0two Ambassadors,\u00a0and one\u00a0Council of State.<\/p>\n<p>The Bawku Naba singled out the Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock Programme, Hanan Abdul Wahab, for praise, describing his appointment as an inspired one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of these appointments have already proven to be development-oriented and unifiers amongst the people of Ghana across board.\u00a0Hanan\u00a0Abdul Wahab has through various projects touched the lives of citizens in this traditional area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/bawku-naaba-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242414\"  \/><\/figure>\n<p>He continued, \u201cIn April this year, a team of medical doctors paid a courtesy call on me and sought my blessing to undertake a medical screening in the entire Bawku township and left smiles on the faces of beneficiaries. He also donated an ambulance to the Muslim community,\u00a0and\u00a0has\u00a0executed a lot of social support to our people since he was appointed. His efforts need to be recognized. This is very generous of you,\u00a0and we need to express our deepest appreciation to you, Your Excellency.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bawku Naba appealed to President Akufo-Addo to consider a petition for the \u201crenaming of the Bawku Senior High School,\u00a0to avoid the confusion with Bawku Technical Senior High School, over which resource allocation is often a mix up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Naba\u00a0Asigri Abugrago Azoka II\u00a0assured President Akufo-Addo that they will continue to work at fostering peace within the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are determined not to allow the disaster of physical conflict to revisit us. The prevailing peace has enabled all of us to go about our normal businesses without hindrance,\u00a0and,therefore,\u00a0we need your continuous assistance to finalize the traditional peace process,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Bawku Naba continued, \u201cWe are now in the middle of our farming season and we are hoping for a bumper harvest this year, thanks to your government\u2019s progressive policies on agriculture, especially the Planting for Food and Jobs programme. Your Excellency, we appreciate also the Free Senior High School facility which we are all enjoying.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bawku Naba,\u00a0Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has thanked the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the projects being undertaken to improve the standard of living of the people of Bawku, in the Upper East Region. 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