Sunday, February 1, 2009

LIVE UP TO PLEDGE OF RECONCILING NATION...BA House of Chiefs urges Prez PAGE 17, JAN 20)

THE Brong Ahafo Regional House of Chiefs, has expressed the conviction that President John Evans Atta Mills will live up to his pledge of reconciling the people of Ghana, for the total development of the nation.
Extending its warmest felicitations and congratulations to President Atta Mills, it said “Your Excellency, Nananom commend you for demonstrating good faith in the country’s democratic process and hope that you will live up to your pledge of reconciling the nation for total development.”
The chiefs stressed in a press release signed by the President of the house, Osahene Kwaku Aterkyi II, who is also the Omanhene of the Kukuom Traditional Area, that under President Mills’ able leadership, the country will continue to be the oasis of peace in the West Africa Sub-region.
It was also the expectation of the chiefs that during President Mills’ presidency, the institution of chieftaincy would be adequately resourced to enable it play its proper role as a partner in national development.
The chiefs also congratulated all political parties and their candidates, the Electoral Commission (EC), security agencies, the media and observer missions, both local and foreign, for their roles in ensuring a successful and peaceful election.
The release again congratulated all Ghanaians for the peaceful and matured manner they conducted themselves during the whole electoral process, especially during the run-off.
“Nananom assure you, your Excellency of their unflinching support to ensure that during your tenure of office, the country will make greater strides in all spheres of the socio-economic and political development of the nation,” it stressed.
The release said, with the election over, Nananom as traditional rulers and fathers of the nation, appeal to Ghanaians to put their party affiliations behind them and rally behind the government in the execution of its programmes for the betterment of Ghana.

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