Accra (Greater Accra), 31st May 99 –
Members of parliament in the Volta Region were on Saturday urged to do more to help in the development of the Volta Region.
Mr Emmanuel Dzamefe, president of the Accra Polytechnic chapter of the Volta Region Students Association (VORSA) who made the call in Accra, expressed the disappointment of the association at the performances of the MPs.
He said very important issues among which are the Keta sea defence project and the Trokosi practices, have not received any attention from these MPs.
Mr Dzamefe, who was speaking at the first national consultative meeting of the association which was attended by the executive members of all the chapters in the regions, called on the MPs to live up to expectation and deliver on their promises.
He said the meeting was called to address the falling educational standards in the region and deliberate on how best to see to the development of the region among other pressing issues.
Mr Dzamefe noted that the association, which is made up of students in tertiary institutions who hail from the region, is not a political group and helps in voluntary teaching in some schools in the region and we plan to help exploit the tourism potentials in the area.
He said there are also plans to send proposals to the government for the setting up of a university in the region.
Dr Mrs Esther Ocloo, a prominent industrialist and Director of the Sustainable End of Hunger Foundation, called on the youth in the region to go into agriculture to develop the area.
Rev J. K. Afele, of the Madina Evangelical Presbyterian Church, noted that the region abounds in talents and manpower to develop it to any appreciable level and called for the education of the youth on the importance of agriculture.
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