President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and NdanYa-Na Abukari II, King of Dagbon, have commended Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama, Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi, for his efforts towards the development of Yendi Constituency.
The President and the Dagbon King commended the MP for his dynamism and commitment to ensuring the welfare of the people of the Constituency.
Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama received the commendations at the Gbewaa Palace when the President visited to pay his respects to the Dagbon King and ask his blessing to begin his two-day tour of the Northern Region.
The President, as part of his tour, was to cut the sod for the commencement of the construction of a 2.53 kilometres Yendi dualisation town road, which is expected to be completed within seven months.
Ya-Na Abukari II stated that Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama had been supporting the people of Yendi and its environs with the supply of potable drinking water through the construction of boreholes in many parts of the constituency.
“He also supports the Yendi town residents with water by paying commercial water tanker suppliers when the need arises at all times.”
The President told Ya-Na Abukari II that the development that Dagbon was seeing now was a translation of the peace that the Kingdom was enjoying.
Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama reiterated that as an MP he would continue to support the cause of the government of President Akufo-Addo to deliver on his mandate.
He said the Yendi City Project initiated by his office was a manifestation of the love he and President Akufo-Addo has for the people of Yendi.
The MPassured President Akufo-Addo that his outfit was working towards achieving an 80 per cent win in the 2024 election, and that the development of Yendi was a top priority on his agenda.
He thanked the President, Ya-Na Abukari II, and the people of Yendi for their care and support, and appealed to them to continue to support him to deliver.