Dambai residents promise more votes for NPP after being selected as regional capital of Oti

Regional News from Tuesday, February 19, 2019

Source: Ghanaweb.com

2019-02-19

Some residents of Dambai, in the municipality of East Krachi, are promising the new ruling patriotic party to increase the number of voters in the 2020 general election, for choosing Dambai as the regional capital of the city. ; Oti.

President Akufo-Addo announced that Dambai would be the capital of the Oti region during a ceremony held Friday at Jubilee House and introduced the constitutional instrument to support the establishment of the Oti region to a delegation of leaders and opinion leaders of the Oti enclave. .

The announcement sparked festivities among Dambai residents who had previously gathered around televisions and radios to monitor the program.

They walked the main streets enthusiastically to celebrate the historic event.

The inhabitants who were dressed with a touch of white and powdered their bodies, chanted "Oti oooo Oti", "Nana Addo oooo, Nana Addo ooo" by walking in groups in the streets.

Addressing Ghanaweb, some residents described Dambai's choice as "a thank-you addressed by the president to the Krachi East district for giving the nuclear power plant the only seat in the Volta region."

"They [NPP] will occupy forever the seat of the Parliament of Krachi-East and we will make sure to vote mbadively for the party in the general elections of 2020 ", said Evans to our press team.

"We are very proud that Dambai has received its award from President Nana Addo-Danquah Akufo-Addo for the hard work we have done for the NPP. [in 2016]", Said Bamiase Isaiah, an electoral district coordinator in Dambai.

He added, however, that there would be no discrimination in the distribution of projects and called on residents from other parts of the enclave to badist the government in developing the region of the island. 39; Oti.

Challenges in Dambai

However, some called on the Akufo-Addo-led government to ensure that the problems that prevent the livelihoods of Dambai residents are resolved.

They mentioned in particular the lack of drinking water supply, as some residents depend on the water of the Oti River.

"We do not have a hospital here, we have to travel long distances to give birth when we are pregnant … We hope that Dambai will become the regional capital of Oti and that we will have a health facility worthy of the name Said a woman who was singing fiercely. Nana ooo Nana "ecstatically tells.

They also called for the repair of roads linking Dambai to farming communities.

According to them, this would facilitate the transportation of food products to the shopping center of Dambai and, therefore, would stimulate the local economy of the regional capital of Oti.