As the country gradually inch closer to this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections, we bring you highlights of how chiefs are endorsing the various presidential aspirants crisscrossing the country.
Paramount Chief of Bawku, Naba Asigri Azoka Abugrago II endorses President John Mahama
“If somebody does you good, we don’t return him with bad. It’s reciprocal. My yearnings have been fulfilled. Presidents have come and gone. Nobody has been able to satisfy my wishes and today you have come to do so. I’m dumfounded as to how to thank you. So, what do we do in return? One good turn deserves another. We should all vote for him in the upcoming elections to retain power,” the paramount ruler of the Kusaug Kingdom told his subjects [translated] amid cheers and tooting of vuvuzelas.
Acting Kwahumanhene, Nana Asiedu Agyemang III declares unflinching support for President John Mahama.
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‘It is our prayers that because of your love for the country and love for the people of Okwahuman you should get another four years,’ he said in Akan.
Nana Saafo Attara II, Adontenhene of the Dodi Traditional area in the Volta region supports Mahama.
“People in Accra and the bigger cities who claim, we the people in this part of the Volta region can sit there and do their politics. We here can feel the impact and we appreciate what President John Mahama has done for us.”
"We are exceedingly appreciative of what the President has done for us and we will surely reward him accordingly".
Sunyani Chief promise 80% vote for Mahama.
Nana Bosoma Asor Nkrawiri:"I was surprised that the people of the Eastern Region promised President Mahama 50 percent of the votes but I am promising that we will give the president 80 percent of the total votes in the region."
Boso chief endorses Nana Addo
“Ghana is in pain. When Moses died, God chose Joshua and told him ‘Be strong and courageous’. These were the two words God told Joshua. It is these same words I am also telling Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, so he can lead us through the Red Sea to the Promised Land,” Chief of Boso in the Asuogyaman constituency, Osabarima Agyeman Boasia II.
Chief of Tuobodom Nana Obeng Ameyaw Barimah II wants Nana Addo to win
“When you win the election, the people of Tuobodom need a nursing training college. We know this will come to fruition because we are very confident that you will win,” Nana Obeng Ameyaw Barimah II said.
Sefwi Anhwiaso chief endorses NPP's '1-Factory-1-District' policy
“We have heard you say that in every district your government will help establish one factory. As usual, we have heard the naysayers and doubters saying it cannot be done. I am not a politician, but I vividly recollect that our grandmothers used to make soap out of plantain husks and cocoa pods, Ogyeahorhuor Kwaku Gyebi II, said.
“Even if Nana Akufo-Addo does not build a cocoa processing factory here in Anhwiaso, but says he will set up a soap making factory, for example, it is clearly doable. The ‘1-District-1-Factory’ policy is one I wholly endorse. We, in Anhwaiso, know that once you have said you will do it, it will be done.”
Osabarima Adugyei Gyamfi II, Chief of the Akyem Akrofufu in the Eastern Region endorses Nana Addo
“We pledge to Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that, just as we have always done, whether in rain or in sunshine, day or night, we, the chiefs and people of Atiwa, back and support him fully in this year’s elections.”
Krontihene of Dadieso, in the Suaman constituency, Nana Armah Kofi III, supports Nana Addo's 1 district, 1 factory policy.
The people of Dadieso, and indeed Ghanaians, have “heard so many promises from others. The bearers of some of these promises have turned out not be trustworthy anymore. However, we know this promise of ‘1-District-1-Factory’, is not a lie.”