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The Chiefs and people of Volta Region are demanding their fair share of development projects saying they are not the world bank of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) but king makers.The people made the demand at a durbar of chiefs organized in honour of the President John Evans Atta Mills who is on a three day visit to the region.
Togbui Afede XIV president of the Volta Regional House of Chiefs read text messages purported to have been sent him by the residents asking the Mills administration to reward them for their support in the December 2008 general elections.“The Volta Region is not a world bank, we are the king makers,“Please let the president know that we of the Volta Region trust him, that is why we will not remind him of his promises to us,” some of the text messages read.According to the paramount chief, “for the past eight years they were made to feel like outsiders,” and called on the new government to stem the tide.The Volta Region contributed immensely to the electoral victory of the NDC in the December 2008 elections.The president on Sunday attended a non-denomination Church service in Ho to climax activities of his three day visit to the region.Story by Nathan Gadugah/Myjoyonline
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