THIS year, projected as a year of action by President John Evans Atta Mills, is to see the implementation of projects and programmes set up in the Better Ghana Agenda.
In the year, all the promises made by the party during its electioneering are to be tackled and fulfilled.
Mr Henry Ford Kamel, the Member of Parliament for Buem, reiterated this when he addressed the party hierarchy at an end of year get-together at the Bueman Secondary School in Jasikan.
Mr Kamel gave the assurance that funds for all the projects set down were available and work would start in full swing, creating jobs for as many people as possible.
He said the Volta Region would see the start of the Eastern Corridor Project from Tema through Asikuma to the North, and the Volta Regional University which would have campuses at Ho and Hohoe.
By September this year, he said, the first intake to the university would be matriculated.
“The year of Action is not for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party alone but for the rapid transformation of the country as promised by the party,” he said.
In the Buem Constituency, Mr Kamel said such amenities as electricity, teachers and nurses quarters, school buildings, lorry parks and rehabilitation of roads and bridges would be tackled with all urgency.
The Member Parliament told the party members not to go to sleep because they were in power, pointing out that winning the 2012 elections was not automatic.
“It will require hard work from all of you. Two years in opposition by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is hell for them so they are planning hard to come back so if you relax you will be overtaken by events, ” Mr Kamel cautioned.
He promised to give the executive 10 motorbikes to facilitate their work.
He announced that three pick-ups and bicycles had also been procured for the constituency.
In order to get the youth to obtain gainful employment and to revamp the cocoa industry in the area, he said he was ready to give out 100,000 cocoa seedlings free of charge with a promise to double it depending on the progress made.
“I want to teach you how to fish but not to give you fish to eat when you are hungry,” he said.
The Jasikan District Chief Executive, Nana Barima Bonsy II, said development projects were being undertaken.
The DCE said the Baglo Junior High School (JHS) and Senior High School (SHS) were being provided with infrastructure at the cost of GH¢600,000 under the GETfund and District Assemblies Common Fund.
He said there were plans also to provide streetlights from the Jasikan township to the Bueman Senior High School (BUSEC), rehabilitate the Kute and Jasikan markets and lorry park.
He said the rehabilitation of the Baika-Bodada and Likpe Bakwa-Dzolu-Kute-Bodada roads had all been awarded on contract.
On agriculture, Nana Bonsy II said efforts were being made to attract a team of experts from Italy to assist in the development of large scale rice cultivation in the district and commended landowners for releasing land for an afforestation project in the district.
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