{"id":681201,"date":"2019-08-14T17:42:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T17:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Bawku Naba,\u00a0<\/span>Asigri Abugrago Azoka II<span lang=\"EN-US\">, has commended President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, for the projects being undertaken to improve the standard of living of the people of Bawku, in the Upp"},"modified":"2019-08-14T17:42:01","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T17:42:01","slug":"thank-you-for-the-dams-free-shs-bawku-naba-to-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/14\/thank-you-for-the-dams-free-shs-bawku-naba-to-nana-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Thank you for the dams, free SHS&#8217; \u2013 Bawku Naba to Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Bawku Naba,\u00a0<\/span>Asigri Abugrago Azoka II<span lang=\"EN-US\">, has commended President 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Delivering his address when President Akufo-Addo paid a courtesy call on him on Tuesday, August 13, 2019, as part of the president\u2019s visit to the Upper East Region, the Bawku Naba stated that \u201cw<\/span>e are currently witnessing other roads and dam projects that your government is adding to them at various places in the traditional area.<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">He told President Akufo-Addo that \u201c<\/span>we 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.<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Touching on the political appointments from his area made by President Akufo-Addo, which include\u00a0<\/span>Deputy Ministers of State<span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span>\u00a0tw<span lang=\"EN-US\">o A<\/span>mbassadors,\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">and one\u00a0<\/span>Council of State.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201c<\/span>Some of these appointments have already proven to be development-oriented and unifiers amongst the people of Ghana across board.\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">Hanan\u00a0<\/span>Abdul Wahab has through various projects touched the lives of citizens in this traditional area<span lang=\"EN-US\">,\u201d he said<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">He added that<\/span>\u00a0a team of medical doctors paid a courtesy call on him and sought my blessing to undertake a medical screening in the entire Bawku township which left smiles on the faces of beneficiaries.<\/p>\n<p>The Bawku Naba thanked the president for the ambulance he donated to the Muslim community adding that the president\u2019s \u201cefforts need to be recognized. This is very generous of you<span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span>\u00a0and we need to express our deepest appreciation to you, Your Excellency.<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Bawku Naba appealed to President Akufo-Addo to consider a petition for the <\/span>renaming of the Bawku Senior High School to avoid the confusion with Bawku Technical Senior High School.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Naba\u00a0<\/span>Asigri Abugrago Azoka II\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">assured President Akufo-Addo that they will continue to work at fostering peace within the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201c<\/span>We 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<span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span>\u00a0and<span lang=\"EN-US\">, <\/span>therefore<span lang=\"EN-US\">,<\/span>\u00a0we need your continuous assistance to finalize the traditional peace process<span lang=\"EN-US\">,\u201d he stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Bawku Naba added, \u201c<\/span>We 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.<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bawku Naba,\u00a0Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, has commended President 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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