The Bawku Naba,
Asigri Abugrago Azoka II, told Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo giving the school a
new name will resolve the confusion in name between it and the Bawku Technical
Senior High School.
According to
the chief, the petition for the “renaming of the Bawku Senior High School, is
to avoid the confusion with Bawku Technical Senior High School, over which
resource allocation is often a mix up.”
Delivering his
address when President Akufo-Addo paid a courtesy call on him on Tuesday,
August 13, as part of the latter’s working visit to the Upper East Region, the
Bawku Naba commended the government for the projects being undertaken to
improve the standard of living of the people of Bawku.
“…we are
currently witnessing other roads and dam projects that your government is
adding to them at various places in the traditional area.”
He further told
President Akufo-Addo that “we are grateful for the construction of the dams in
this municipality. More of these dams are needed in the traditional area as a
way of not only creating jobs for our rural people but also curtailing the
constant North-South migration of the youth.”
Touching on the
political appointments from his area made by President Akufo-Addo, which
include Deputy Ministers of State, two Ambassadors, and one Council of
State.
The Bawku Naba
singled out the Chief Executive Officer of the National Food and Buffer Stock
Programme, Hanan Abdul Wahab, for praise, describing his appointment as an
inspired one.
“Some of these
appointments have already proven to be development-oriented and unifiers
amongst the people of Ghana across board. Hanan Abdul Wahab has through various
projects touched the lives of citizens in this traditional area,” he
said.
He continued,
“In April this year, a team of medical doctors paid a courtesy call on me and
sought my blessing to undertake a medical screening in the entire Bawku
township and left smiles on the faces of beneficiaries. He also donated an
ambulance to the Muslim community, and has executed a lot of social support to
our people since he was appointed. His efforts need to be recognized. This is
very generous of you, and we need to express our deepest appreciation to you,
Your Excellency.”
Naba Asigri Abugrago Azoka II assured President Akufo-Addo that they will continue to work at fostering peace within the area.
“We are
determined not to allow the disaster of physical conflict to revisit us. The
prevailing peace has enabled all of us to go about our normal businesses
without hindrance, and, therefore, we need your continuous assistance to
finalize the traditional peace process,” he added.
The Bawku Naba
continued, “We are now in the middle of our farming season and we are hoping
for a bumper harvest this year, thanks to your government’s progressive
policies on agriculture, especially the Planting for Food and Jobs programme.
Your Excellency, we appreciate also the Free Senior High School facility which
we are all enjoying.”
Source: Ghana | Myjoyonline.com | JTM
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