Nayiri advises President Mills

Nalerigu (N/R), Oct 29, GNA - The Nayiri, Naa Bohagu Abdullai Mahami Sheriga, the Overlord of the Mamprugu Traditional Area, has appealed to President John Atta Mills and his government not to be bordered about detractors but must remain focused on delivering on the "Better Ghana Agenda" agenda.

The Nayiri, who is also the acting President of the Northern Regional House of Chiefs, said this when the Minister of Information, Mr John Tia Akolgo, called on him at Nalerigu.

Naa Bohagu Abdullai Mahami Sheriga said the President should remain focused and to concentrate on delivering on his promises. He said there had been an appreciable level of development and expressed optimism that there would be more development that would improve the livelihoods of the people.

Naa Bohagu Abdullai Mahami Sheriga said what was needed now was for Ghanaians to support and rally behind the government to move the nation's development agenda forward.

He said he was not happy about the way political opponents and other detractors were trying to thwart the efforts of the President and his government since the government is working hard to improve development and make the economy better. The chief appealed to people who have been attacking the President, especially through the airwaves, to stop and rather contribute positively to the growth of the economy.

Naa Bohagu Abdullai Mahami Sheriga appealed to the government to work on the road from Walewale to Gambaga and Bunkpurugu. He said the deplorable nature of the road was hampering economic development and stressed that there were some instances where patients died while being transported to the main hospital in Nalerigu. The Chief of Gambaga, Gambarana Yahaya Wuni, also reiterated the need for the road to be worked on and appealed to government to rehabilitate the police station and the prison service. Mr Akologu said he would convey the message to the President and that plans were far advanced to include the construction of the road in this year's budget.

He said the government had already awarded some parts of the road network in the western and eastern corridors to contractors and this would help investors who could not come to the area to invest due to bad roads.

"The construction of a railway and opening up of more roads to the northern sector would attract more investors to the area to create more jobs for the people to prevent rural urban migration", he said