{"id":75401,"date":"2014-12-19T12:26:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T12:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=75401"},"modified":"2014-12-19T12:26:22","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T12:26:22","slug":"lets-complement-central-govt-in-devt-okyenhene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/12\/lets-complement-central-govt-in-devt-okyenhene\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s complement central gov\u2019t in dev\u2019t – Okyenhene"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II and the President of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs, has called on chiefs in the region to co-operate with the government to get the needed development for their communities.<\/p>\n
He advised the chiefs to avoid partisan politics to be able to get along with every government that came to power.<\/p>\n
The Okyenhene made the call at the end of year general meeting of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs at Koforidua.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”fFAds95gdGKft6xWAxM9UGnKsv9DjMT3″]He expressed concern about the slow pace of the economic development of the country and called for more efforts to create decent jobs for the people.<\/p>\n
The Okyenhene called for strong leadership in governance and establishment of strong state institutions.<\/p>\n
The Eastern Regional Minister, Antwi-Boasiako Sekyere said chieftaincy continued to play a crucial role in the governance of the country adding that traditional authorities were major stakeholders in the implementation of government\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n
According to him, government is also committed in ensuring that the road network in the region was improved through the funding under the Cocoa Roads Rehabilitation Project.<\/p>\n
He assured the chiefs that the government had selected some roads in the region for rehabilitation under the cocoa roads rehabilitation project which include the Suhum-Asamankese, Nsawam-Adeiso-Asamankese-Kade, Koforidua-Tafo and Apedwa-Kyebi-Bunso roads.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of Roads and Highways is also working on a comprehensive programme for the rehabilitation of major roads in the region next year.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Okyenhene Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin II and the President of the Eastern Regional House of Chiefs, has called on chiefs in the region to co-operate with the government to get the needed development for their communities. He advised the chiefs to avoid partisan politics to be able to get along with every government that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":63833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[38,17],"yoast_head":"\n