“Oti Region witnessing remarkable, progressive development” – Nkwanta Akyode Chief praises Akufo-Addo
The Paramount Chief of Akyode and Shiare in the Nkwanta South Constituency, Nana Obombo Sewura Lupuwura, has expressed his immense gratitude to President Akufo-Addo for his commitment towards the progress of the Oti region.
According to Chief Lupuwura, “the people of Oti have enjoyed tremendously under President Akufo-Addo’s leadership.”
“All the people in the region and beyond will attest to the fact that within this very short period of our independence, we as a region have begun to witness remarkable and progressive development, ” he said this at a durbar held in honour of President Akufo-Addo.
The durbar was organised as part of the President’s tour of the Oti and Volta regions.
Acknowledging President Akufo-Addo for the creation of the Oti Region, Nana Obombo Sewura Lupuwura II stated that by this singular action, the President has clearly demonstrated his commitment to the people of the region.
“Since the creation of the region,” the Nkwanta Chief stated, “construction of warehouses to support agricultural activities, the rehabilitation of the magistrate court, the construction of a three-classroom block at Nyambon, the rehabilitation of markets in Nkwanta, and many more under the 1 million dollars per constituency fund are being undertaken, ” he noted.
He also thanked the President for the construction of emergency school blocks and a girls’ dormitory at Nkwanta Senior High School as a means of addressing the increased school enrollment by reason of “his best policy of Free Senior High School.”
The Nkwanta Chief stated that “if not for this free senior high school policy, a total of 4,397 students currently enrolled in the three senior high schools in the municipality could not have had the opportunity to access secondary education.”
He also acknowledged the efforts President Akufo-Addo was making in the construction of two important roads; the Nkwanta-Dambai road, Nkwanta-Shiare road, which are at various levels of completion.
“I am delighted to inform you that we in the Nkwanta South constituency have also received with joy the ambulance which you commissioned on January 28, 2020, to improve health delivery systems,” he added.
Responding to issues regarding development, the Chief said the President’s “foresight and vision to identify the problems facing them thus cutting the sod for the construction of the regional agricultural directorate and two residential accommodation for the officers is indeed unprecedented.”
He also praised the Planting for Food and Jobs Programme.
It is the Chief’s expectation that farmers, especially those into the cultivation of yam and cashew, will increase production from the current levels of 50,000 metric tonnes to 150,000 metric tonnes for yam production and increase the production of cashew from the current level of 200 hectares to 300 hectares in the coming years.