HAVE FAITH IN GOVT — PREZ (1B)

THE President, Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, has called on Ghanaians to have confidence in the government as it works assiduously to build a better country for all.
He noted that no government could use just five months to right all that had been done wrong over the years, but said with the total support of all Ghanaians, the government would be able to deliver.
President Atta Mills, therefore, urged Ghanaians to rally behind the government in its quest to improve the living conditions of the citizenry and the entire country.
The President stated this when he interacted with supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Wa.
He thanked the supporters for their unflinching support for him and the party before, during and after the 2008 general election and assured them that his government would not turn its back on them.
The President was accompanied on the trip by the Minister of Defence, Lt Gen. J. H. Smith; the Minister of the Interior, Mr Cletus Avoka; the Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Mahama Ayariga; the Head of Communications at the Castle, Mr Koku Anyidoho, and some other ministers of state.
Before his arrival in Wa, President Atta Mills and his entourage, who travelled by road on Friday from Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region, were met at about 12.13 p.m. at the banks of the Sissili River, which divides the two upper regions.
He was met on arrival by the Upper West Regional Minister, Mr Mahmud Khalid, the Regional Chairman of the NDC, Mr Malik Issahaque, the Member of Council of State from the region, Naa Seidu Braimah, Members of Parliament and District Chief Executives from the region.
“I decided to travel by road from Bolga to Wa just to see what needs to be done on the road. Nobody has to tell us that there is the need to do something very quickly,” President Atta Mills stated after coming to terms with the very bad nature of the Wa-Bolga road.
On his way to Wa, President Atta Mills and his entourage called briefly at the Sissala East offices of Plan Ghana, a child-centred international non-governmental organisation (NGO), where he was briefed on activities by the area manager, Mr Richard Boadu.
President Atta Mills, in return, commended the NGO for its efforts at helping the needy in society and urged it to continue to assist more needy people.
The President also made a whistle stop at the Tumu Kuoro’s palace in Tumu to sympathise with the family of the late Tumu Kuoro, Kuoro Gilbert Kanton, who died early this year.