According to him, implementation of flagship programmes such as the free Senior High School and the planting for food and jobs are ample testimonies of the President’s commitment to deliver on his promises.

The Yagbonwura expressed optimism in President Nana Addo’s leadership when the President paid a courtesy call on him at the Jakpa Palace in Damongo as part of his three-day official tour of the Northern Region.

His speech was read by the Convention People’s Party’s (CPP) 2012 Presidential candidate, Dr. Abu Sakara Foster.

Yagbonwura Tuntumba Boresa I said, “You promised free SHS and it is here. God bless you for hearing the cry of so many previously abandoned children who could not afford secondary education due to lack of money.”

He asked President Nana Addo to reassure the people of Gonjaland of the progress being made to make Gonjaland a new region.

“We are more than committed to helping you succeed in creating a new region out of Gonjaland.”

“The creation of new regions will help ensure equitable distribution of resources for development and a more developed decision for accelerated and economic progress that will create jobs for our teeming unemployed youth,” he stressed.

He maintained that the Gonjaland traditional area is endowed with mineral resources and tourism potentials  that deserves to be a region on its own.

Yagbonwura Tuntumba Boresa I pleaded with government to upgrade the Damongo College of Agriculture to a fully fledged university to train commercial farmers and agribusiness entrepreneurs

He thanked government for granting the Gonjaland Traditional Council’s request for a teacher training college in Damongo.

He further asked government to revamp the existing sheanut factory at Buipe, capital of the Central Gonja district.

He thanked government for elevating the West Gonja (Damongo) and East Gonja (Salaga) districts to municipal status.

As a member of the three eminent Kings mediating the Dagbon chieftaincy impasse at the Manhyia palace in Kumasi, the Yagbonwura promised that the issue might be permanently resolved by the end of 2017.

An elated President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo reassured the Yagbonwura that he will work closely with him to improve the living conditions of the people of Gonjaland.

“I want to reassure you and to let you know that we are going to work very closely with you to improve the governance of Ghana. I am going to need your constant advice and guidance.”

“My doors will always be opened to you and I will need your support and continuous prayers to accomplish all the commitments I made to the Ghanaian people.”

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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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Afriyie Acquah of Parma was also included in the team named by the 53-year old at the Ghana FA Secretariat on Monday afternoon.

Accam, a graduate of the Right to Dream Acadmy, has been sterling for his club in Sweden, but was seen as an outsider to make the team.

Schlupp, who has been converted from a striker to a left-back in the last year at Leicester, has helped the club get promotion into the next season of the Barclays Premier League.

The other surprise may be the exclusion of Isaac Vorsah, who will look back at a season of injury as the reason for his inability to make the team.

The team will be cut to 23 by the June 2 deadline Fifa have set for all 32 countries participating in the tournament from June 12.

Initial reaction was largely positive as Appiah’s bravery in dropping experienced players like John Mensah and Isaac Vorsah, as well as the promising Richmond-Boakye Yiadom of Elche in Spain

Background

For the past three weeks, the Ghana coach has been fine-tuning  the team as he has travelled around the world to meet key players.

Appiah’s insistence in the past week that previously-published lists peddled by local media in the past week were fake turned out to be largely true with the inclusion of Schlupp, Accam and Afriyie Acquah.

Ghana 26-man squad for Brazil

Goalies: Adam Kwarasey, Fatau Dauda, Stephen Adams

Defenders: Samuel Inkoom, Daniel Opare, Harrison Afful, Jeffery Schlupp, Jonathan Mensah, Rashid Sumaila, Jerry Akaminko, John Boye

Midfielders: Michael Essien, Sulley Muntari, Rabiu Mohammed, Kwadwo Asamoah, Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Afryie Acquah, Albert Adomah, Christian Atsu, Andre Ayew, Mubarak Wakaso, David Accam

Forwards: Kevin-Prince Boateng, Asamoah Gyan, Abdul Majeed Waris, Jordan Ayew

By: Gary Al-Smith/Citifmonline.com/Ghana

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