Katakyie Kwesi Bumangamah II
The Paramount Chief of Sefwi Traditional Area, Katakyie Kwesi Bumangamah II, has assured Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia that the traditional authority has resolved to back the re-election bid of President Akufo-Addo in appreciation for what his government has done for the people of the area and the entire Western North Region.
Katakyie Bumangamah II made the pledge when the Vice-President took his campign to the newly-created region on Monday and Tuesday.
He said that considering President Akufo-Addo’s fulfillment of his promise to create a region for them and the number of development projects the NPP administration brought to the area within a short time, it would be ungrateful on their part not to vote for the NPP on December 7.
“Mr. Vice-President, all that I want to tell you, is that my traditional council and I have resolved to give our thumbs to the NPP for what this government has done for Sefwi or Western North.”
“In fact, the promise for the creation of a new region, which is in the NPP manifesto (2016), was for Western North. So we will be ungrateful if we don’t honour you; we will come out and vote for Nana and Bawumia,” said Katakyie Bumangamah.
He recounted that “It was at this same place I told Nana that for us in Sefwi, we don’t want anything like schools and hospitals. I told him he should give us a region and I knew why I said that; because when the region comes, hospitals and others will follow.”
“If you look at what this government has achieved in less than four years, it is very impressive. We don’t even know what to say about this government because you have worked so well in nearly four years.”
The traditional ruler noted that others who had had the opportunity to be in government for many years could not do what the Akufo-Addo government had done.
“Sometimes you hear some people say somebody has done this, and has done that. From 1992, you have been in power for many years; so if you really wanted to create a region, you would have done that for us long ago but you couldn’t do it for us.
“Look at the developmental projects going on in our area. It beats our imaginations, so this year we will vote massively for you.
“We promise you that we will never forget what your government has done for Sefwiman,” he assured Dr. Bawumia.