Politicians advised to avoid falsehood

Jan 2011
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah
THE NDC Member of Parliament (MP) for Bunkprugu Yunyoo, Mr Emmanuel Kwame Duut has called on politicians to do away with falsehood but rather strive to become agents of peace.
He said using the media to spread falsehoods about leaders, clans and tribes were tendencies that drew the society backward.
Addressing the 35th Bimoba Students Congress, the MP said it was a shame that the Bunkprugu-Yunyoo District with the highest literate population in the Northern Region had become popular because of conflicts .
“We need to wake up to the call for peace in truthfulness and honesty to re-install the befitting dignity and respect worthy of civilised society”, he said.
Giving an account of his stewardship, Mr Duut said he had donated 10 packets of roofing sheets to two secondary schools in the area, 800 dual desks for basic schools, paid school fees for 33 students from the area in the various tertiary institutions and had sourced for funds from the GETFund for the construction of classroom blocks at Bufak, Kpentaug and Gbingbani.
On the health sector, the MP indicated that he rehabilitated the Gbingbani Health centre and the Yunyoo Nauk Clinics and acquired an ambulance for the Bunkprugu-Yunyoo Health service last year.
Mr Duut stated that upon becoming the MP for the area, he had acquired 30 sewing machines for some selected women to undertake apprenticeship training programmes to become self employed.
In addition, the MP said he had sponsored a batik tie -dye programme for women groups in Nakpadur organised by the district community development office.
He explained that all these projects and programmes were undertaken with funds from his share of the various funds.
Mr Duut said the government had kept its word to the people by embarking on a number of projects to improve on the living conditions of the people.
He mentioned projects such as the ongoing construction of a bridge over the konchian-Gberuk River, the continuation of the Self-Help Electrification projects at Kpemale, Garijuar, Bimbagu, Binde, Najong No 1 and 2 and Jilig .
Mr Duut said this year 18 more communities would be connected to the national grid under the Northern Electrification Programme while the Bunkprugu town roads would be given a facelift.
He said aside these projects, the government allocated over 20 projects through the district assembly, which were at various stages of completion and were spread all over the district.