ASSEMBLY MEMBERS URGED TO BE VIGILANT, CHECK CORRUPTION (PAGE 15)

The Central Regional Minister, Mrs Ama Benyiwa-Doe has asked assembly members to be vigilant and check corruption in their respective assemblies.
She said, as representatives of the people, they should ensure that the tax payer’s money was utilised in a responsible way to champion the cause of the people.
Mrs Benyiwa-Doe also asked the people to be patient and rally behind the government to address their challenges.
Addressing separate durbars of the chiefs and people of Breman Nwomaso and Jamra to mark their annual Okyir festival last Thursday, Mrs Benyiwa-Doe said it would be too early to judge the government of Professor John Evans Atta Mills as incompetent in solving the myriad of challenges facing Ghanaians.
She said with his background and experience under the previous National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration, President Mills was in a better position to tackle the problems of the economy.
The regional minister advised the people to revitalise the communal spirit in the area and use their festive occasions as periods for stock taking and making of new plans for the future.
She also gave the assurance that new metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives would be appointed soon to enhance the decentralisation process.
The Chief of Nwomaso, Nana Odanfo Akyen IV, called on the government to provide classroom blocks for the school to absorb the growing number of children in the town.
Nana Tutu Abaam III, Chief of Jamra, explained that the importance of the festival was to bring reconciliation, peace, a bountiful farming season as well as ensure a healthy environment.
He called on the government to offer good leadership and provide the needed infrastructure to enhance the living standards of the people of Ghana.