The Member of Parliament for Yendi Constituency in the Northern Region, Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama, has persuaded the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Harriet Thompson, to support his “New Yendi” agenda to develop the area.
The lawmaker noted the Yendi municipality is a commercial hub endowed with vast resources, including agriculture, skilled-youth, mineral wealth, human resources, tourism, and arts and culture, and therefore welcomes the business community around the world to come do business in the community.
In an interaction with Madam Harriet Thompson during her working visit to Yendi last Friday, August 25, Mr. Mahama lauded the British High Commissioner for the visit, intimating that this will establish and foster good relationship between the good people of Yendi, whom he represent in Parliament, on one hand and the High Commission on another.
“It is an honour to host the representative of the United Kingdom in my residence” he said.
The legislator said Ghana remains a member of the Commonwealth and, “this relationship is what you seek to leverage on to foster development and prosperity.”
“Undoubtedly, Ghana has enjoyed traditional warm and cordial relationship with Britain dating back to the 15th century. Overall, while the relationship between Ghana and Britain has experienced its share of challenges, it has evolved into a relationship of mutual respect, cooperation, and shared interests” Mr. Farouk emphasized.
The Member of Parliament however pointed out that, as a constituency of a developing nation such as Ghana, the Yendi municipality is inevitably faced with development challenges such as lack of basic development infrastructure, including education and religious infrastructure, skills development facility and small water systems.
“To this end, I would hope these find space within the agenda of our cooperation in order to improve upon the welfare of the people of my Constituency. We look forward to funding initiatives aimed at improving education infrastructure, empowering the vulnerable and enhancing healthcare facilities.
“A support of a legacy library project from the United Kingdom will undoubtedly have a positive impact on the lives of our constituents, and we will incredibly be grateful for it” he urged.
The British High Commissioner also paid a courtesy call on the Overlord of Dagbon, Yaa Naa Abukari II, at the Gbewaa Palace where she discussed issues of mutual concern to propel growth and development of the ancient traditional kingdom in Ghana.
She later as part of her working tour interacted with the Fulani community in the Yendi municipality to obtain firsthand information pertaining to the wellbeing of the inhabitants.
