Acting President of the Akrodie Traditional Council, Nana Darko Kuffuor, has predicted a massive win for Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in the upcoming general election.
He says Dr. Bawumia’s works speak volumes of what he is capable of doing when eventually elected as president, and has thus asked the chiefs and people in the area to vote for him during the December 7 polls.
This was when Dr. Bawumia, who is the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), visited Akrodie in the Asunafo North Constituency as part of his two-day campaign tour of some parts of the Ahafo Region.
Speaking at a stakeholder’s engagement, Nana Darko Kuffuor said, “Vice President Bawumia is a big brain that gives birth to great visions and ambitions; one that brought forth a university here in Akrodie deserves appreciation, but our only prayer is for him to do something about the Asumura road for us when we vote massively for him.”
He, therefore, asked all chiefs in the area and people of Akrodie to support him and his candidature to enable him continue the good works he has begun, saying, “May the good Lord be with him so that when he comes, whatever he does will be successful.”
That, he said, was because “I know if you look at the crowd here, you can tell that if elections were held today, you would have won.”
Dr. Bawumia allayed their fears that the yet to be completed school will no more be used for a university but a STEM school, insisting, “The bill for the university has been done and when Parliament resumes, we will put it before the House for approval.”
“Nothing should prevent you from getting a university; it is coming live and direct. I had a small conversation with the contractor and he tells me everything will be finalised within the next few months, and we will have a fully fledged university.”
He said, “It’s a legacy Nana Akufo-Addo promised to leave for you and he has delivered. So God willing when I become President, I will come and commission it for you.”
Before visiting Akrodie, Dr. Bawumia went to Sankore and later Kukuom, where he commiserated with the chief of the area who has lost his wife.
The NPP flagbearer then moved to Mim, where he commissioned a new polyclinic for the community.
By Charles Takyi-Boadu, Sankore