I have my own failings, but being a tribalist is not one of them - Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has implored Ghanaians to diregard persons who promote ethnocentrism and division.

He made the call when he commissioned the Five Piped Water Supply System in Amedzofe for 69,000 residents of three districts in the Volta Region.

The President said, his government has no 'ethnic' agenda as being trumpeted by some critics in opposition.

“No one who is committed to the Ghana Project, as I am, can have an ethnic agenda. Rather, we should shun all those who would promote ethnic sentiments and divisions amongst us for selfish, partisan, political ends.

“There are people from this region, some of whom are well known to you here in Amedzofe, who serve in sensitive parts of my government and influence decisions on a daily basis. I may have my own failings, like we all do, but being a tribalist is not one of them.”

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Akufo-Addo recounted the circumstances that leading to the deployment of soldiers along the country’s borders, noting that, the Volta Region was not 'singled-out'.

“The deployment of the military personnel along our borders is an ongoing nationwide exercise, and has been done across all our borders, and not in the Volta Region alone. One thousand (1,000) soldiers are the subject of this deployment, of which one hundred and sixty-three (163) are based along the borders of Volta,”

The President reiterated that their presence is to guard against “potential terrorist attacks on our shores and to prevent the importation of the virus into our country. 

His said his government will “keep knocking on the door until the door is opened to me, until the Volta Region and the NPP are married.”