Executive Secretary of IGAD, Workneh Gebeyehu said that the hope for a brighter future burns strongly within us as we endeavor to restore peace and normalcy in Sudan.

The secretary shared on social media that: ‘As we embark upon a new year and commemorate Sudan’s Independence Day, my heartfelt thoughts turn to the people of Sudan.’

Workneh added that IGAD will reinforce endeavors to restore peace and normalcy to the lives of our brothers and sisters in Sudan.

‘The hard-won independence fought for by the Sudanese people stands as a beacon that we must safeguard from dimming. Through the endured trials, the resilience of the Sudanese people shines brightly, reminding us that even this, too, shall pass,’ he stated.
Source: Ethiopian News Agency

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Hohoe Constituency of the Volta region has slated the popular endorsement of Mr John-Peter Amewu for Saturday, January 27, 2024.

This follows the picking and filing of nominations of Mr Amewu to recontest the parliamentary seat on the Party’s ticket.

Mr Anthony Kondobrey, the Constituency Chairman, said from the opening to the closing of nominations only Mr Amewu had gone through the process without a contender.

He said the positive and developmental steps taken by Mr Amenu in the Constituency made him a suitable choice to retain the seat and called on all the electorate to give him another term in 2024.

Mr Amewu, in a Facebook post, said,’through our collective efforts, we made history by winning in 2020, we have through our hard work laid a solid foundation to consolidate our development agenda in the first term.’

He said he intended to bring to full circle all they had started to completion in his second and final term through teamwork.

Mr Amewu said they had inv
ested in Hohoe’s human capital capacity through decent jobs for Hohoe’s dynamic young people, entrepreneurial support for businessmen and women, and educational scholarships both home and abroad for brilliant students hailing from Hohoe.

‘We have initiated a project to upgrade and provide all of Hohoe’s health facilities with modern and very needed medical equipment and supplies.’

Mr Amewu said they had also initiated many infrastructural projects in the constituency that would drive economic growth and livelihoods for the constituents.

He said they had also initiated efforts to boost Hohoe’s local economic growth through tourism, football and other sporting disciplines, leveraging the new 7,000-seater capacity astroturf stadium.

Mr Amewu urged the constituents to support him in completing what was started and to make the Constituency a unique and modern one to be proud of, adding that ‘Round 2 of the Hohoe project has begun.’

The nomination forms were picked and filed by all 17 Electoral Coordinators of
the Party.
Source: Ghana News Agency