President
John Dramani Mahama on Monday denounced some security agencies for
procuring security boots from other countries, while abandoning those
produced by the Kumasi Shoe Factory.
"Although the Kumasi Shoe
Factory is producing high quality boots for the security services, most
of them are still importing from other countries, thereby disobeying my
instructions," he said.
President Mahama, who was addressing a
meeting of the Council of State in Accra, said as a result he had
directed the Chief of Staff to meet the security commanders to reinforce
the directive.
The Members of the Council of State were in a
meeting to discuss issues of national concern and to strategise for the
Government in the coming days.
President Mahama said the Kumasi
Shoe Factory and the Komenda Sugar Factory were projects he was reviving
to reduce the importation of their products and it was, therefore,
discouraging for people to continue to import similar goods that were
produced cheaply domestically.
On the 2016 general election,
President Mahama gave the assurance that government would continue to
play its role responsibly to ensure that the polls were conducted in a
peaceful environment.
He said government would adequately
resource the security agencies with equipment and logistics to ensure
that the election was peacefully and effectively conducted.
He
appealed to the Electoral Commission and leaders of various political
parties to educate their followers against any act of violence that
could undermine peace and unity before, during and after the general
election.
"I will do my best as the President of Ghana to calm
the political temperature and hope the Council of State, National Peace
Council and various religious groups will help in reducing the political
temperature."
President Mahama gave the assurance that his
administration would maintain financial discipline even though there was
general election this year.
He said the Government deliberately
went in for the International Monetary Fund programme to stabilise the
economy and that a review conducted by the close of the year indicated
that the economy was on track.
Madam Cecilia Johnson, the
Chairperson of the Council of State, called on the security agencies to
be extra vigilant, especially along the borders, to report suspicious
characters to the authorities for action.
She commended
President Mahama for the numerous infrastructural development projects
dotted round the country and encouraged him to ensure that every
Ghanaian enjoyed his or her share of the national cake.
Madam
Johnson said their readiness to engage stakeholders where necessary to
promote a congenial atmosphere for decent political activities and a
positive outcome of the elections acceptable to all Ghanaians. |
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