The Volta Regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called for the President, Akuffo Addo to apologize to the region prior to the Independence Day celebrations.
2023 Independence Day celebrations which is themed “Our Unity, Our Strength, Our Purpose” is slated on March 6 in the Volta Regional capital, Ho.
Dignitaries expected to attend the event include the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who is also the President of Guinea Bissau.
The group as part of demanding for an apology added some demands expecting full fulfillment from the President.
According to the group the apology and demands are needed to remedy the humiliations suffered by the indigenes.
The president must apologize for the kind of humiliations he subjected the good people of the region to during the 2020 voter registration, the group mentioned.
Demands Made by the NDC branch in the Volta Region Ahead of Independence Day Celebrations
The NDC wing in the Volta Region earlier released a statement highlighting its demands from government ahead of the Independence Day Celebrations:
“Here are the demands;
1. Apologise for treating the people of the Volta Region as second-class citizens in the registration for the ECOWAS card (Ghana Card)
2. Immediately release the 126 million owed the eighteen municipal and district assemblies in the region.
3. Construct the one Warehouse per constituency as promised
4. One district, one factory project.
5 Complete all the abandoned projects:
i. Ave-Dakpa to Akatsi and Akatsi to Avenofeme roads
ii. Ho to Torkor and Sokode to Kpeve roads captured under the so called emergency roads in the government declared 2020 year roads.”
