NPP TO WIN ELECTIONS ON RECORD — DERY (PAGE 16)

Story: Chris Nunoo, Lawra

AN aspiring NPP parliamentary candidate in the Lawra Nandom Constituency, Mr Ambrose Dery, has said the track record of the NPP would be the basis on which the party would win this year’s elections.
That, he said, was because the record of the NPP was clear in the minds of all Ghanaians, which would be the determinant of the winner of the December 2008 elections.
He called on his constituents to refrain from acts of violence and always resort to dialogue, saying democracy was all about the exchange of different ideas and so there was no need for supporters of opposing political parties to indulge in insults and fights.
Mr Dery, who is a Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General, was addressing the Songtaa Nyong women’s group at Lawra in the Lawra District of the Upper West Region.
He said the northern part of the country was not immune to conflicts and so there was the need for the people to get closer to one another.
“Do not think conflicts cannot come to us, particularly those of us in the Upper West. We must, therefore, work against that because when that happens it is the women and children who will suffer most,” he noted.
Throwing more light on high food prices, Mr Dery gave the assurance that the government was working very hard to ensure that the country was secure as far as food was concerned.
He further explained that the situation was a global problem, as it concerned increases in petroleum prices.
He said with the recent discovery of oil in the country, such problems would soon be over.
Touching on the loan disbursement under the micro credit scheme, among others, the aspiring MP advised loan beneficiaries to work very hard to generate income so that they could pay back the loans for others to benefit.