Ghanaians advised to base voting on performance
Ghanaians have been asked to vote for parliamentary candidates, who would easily be accessible to share the concerns of the people, on December 7.
A former Minister of Health, Mr Samuel Nuamah Donkor, who made the call, said the development of the country would be slow if the electorate votes on party lines, instead of the performance of people seeking their mandate.
He made the call at the handing over of the Pokrom Health Centre to management of the centre at Pokrom in the Akuapem South District, after it had been renovated by the Lansing Regional Sister City Commission of the USA.
The project included the provision of a borehole fitted with a pump to extend water to all parts of the clinic and to the nurses’ quarters.
Others were the renovation of the electrical system of the clinic, the water closet system and acquisition of basic needs of the clinic at a cost of 13,000 US dollars.
Mr Donkor appealed to the chiefs and people to support the management of the clinic to provide quality health care.
He said under a recent agreement signed with the Michigan State University in the US, a factory would be established near Pokrom soon to help process the large quantity of pineapples produced in the area to help expand the economy of the area.
The Reverend Samuel Adjei, National President of Christian Friends of Democracy and Project Manager of the Sister Cities International, advised the people to refrain from supporting self-help projects because they were initiated by people who are not sympathetic to their political party.
The Akuapem South District Director of Health Services, Mrs Eunice Abuaku, asked mothers to send their babies go to hospital regularly to help reduce infant mortality.
She government was committed to ensuring that Tuberculosis and HIV infections in the country were reduced by 50 per cent by 2020.
Nana Ayensu Adjei, Odikro of Pokrom, called on government to upgrade the clinic into a hospital, and pledged the readiness of the traditional authorities to release 10 acres of land for any such project.
Rev. Adjei on behalf of the Sister City International, presented two television sets, four drip stands, blood pressure measuring apparatus, 10 thermometers, nebulizer, autoclave and a refrigerator to the clinic.
The Member of Parliament for the area, Mr O. B. Amoah, donated 10 mosquito nets, five chairs and five mattresses to the clinic.
The Parliamentary candidate for the Convention People’s Party for the area, Mr Opare Addo, donated a mower to the clinic while Mr Nuamah Donkor pledged to finance the repair of the generator for the clinic.
Source: GNA