The Ga Dangme group in Tema and Ashaiman have expressed their gratitude to the President for nominating Nii Armah Ashietey as the Greater Accra Regional Minister.
Speaking on behalf of the group numbering about 50, the organiser of the group, Mr Christian Offei Matei, said Nii Armah Ashietey was a good material who ensured that beautiful physical structures were put in place to make Tema befit its status.
Mr Matei noted that Nii Ashietey deserved the position and was optimistic that if giving the nod, he would perform creditably to build the region.
The group urged the Regional Minister designate, who was vetted last Wednesday, to tackle sanitation vigorously to ensure that the region was kept clean to produce healthy people and environment.
They appealed to Nii Armah Ashietey to revive the Texpo Fair on the Spintex Road, which helped to exhibit locally produced valued added products and fresh food items and encouraged weekend market for busy people who could not go to the markets daily.
The group emphasised that the government must not take for granted the activities of those involved in pair trawling but rather enforce the laws on it to bring sanity to the system.
He explained that those involved in pair trawling still had their licences and therefore continued to operate the business.
Mr Matei called on the government to revoke the licences and make it an offence liable to conviction if found operating pair trawling.
He stated that fishermen were suffering from the operations of pair trawling because they were denied their daily earnings from their vocation.
The group had earlier been to Parliament House in Accra to give moral support to Nii Armah Ashietey during the vetting.
They were convinced that from his performance at the vetting he was capable of handling the affairs of the region.
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