James Agalga Endorses Dams

The parliamentary candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for Builsa North, James Agalga, who doubles as Deputy Minister of Interior, has emphasized the importance of irrigation dams in the development of agriculture and transformation of the economies of various communities.

“As a Member of Parliament (MP), I have funded the construction of many irrigation dams across the Builsa North District and many more will be done. Nana Addo’s promise is not new, we are already doing that and people are seeing that and benefiting from them. He is promising one village, one dam?

Can one dam be enough for Sandema alone?” he quizzed to which the teeming supporters of the NDC at the launch of the Deputy Minister’s campaign at Sandema responded with a deafening ‘No,’

The legislator denigrated the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo at the launch.

According to him, the NPP presidential candidate is an intolerant politician who does not tolerate divergent opinions, adding that Ghanaians should not elect him as President on December 7.

He said the former chairman of the NPP, Paul Awintima Afoko, Kwabena Agyapong and Sammy Crabbe were suspended by the NPP because Nana Addo could not withstand their opinions.

“When Paul Afoko became the National Chairman of the NPP, we Builsas were happy that one of our own had become the chairman of opposition NPP, but our joy was short-lived. It was as a result of the dictatorial tendencies of Nana Akufo-Addo. Akufo-Addo is intolerant and his intolerance came to the peak when he decided that he could not stand dissenting views from Paul Afoko. The NPP is a disorganized party and so we cannot trust Nana Akufo-Addo to lead a united Ghana. That is the reason why we are asking everybody here to vote massively for President John Mahama and all parliamentary candidates,” Hon. Agalga said.

Mr Agalga and other speakers praised President Mahama for bringing unprecedented developmental to the Builsa North District and other parts of the Upper East Region.

The NDC has won the Builsa North seat five times since 1992.

Agnes Asangalisa Chigabatia beat Timoty Awontiirim Ataboadey by 0.10 percent in 2004 to occupy the seat.

In 2008, NDC’s Ataboadey came back and polled 43.09 percent of the votes cast, while the then incumbent Agnes Chigabatia obtained 36.46 percent.