Bole (Northern Region) - Ernest Debrah, Acting Northern Region Minister, has said that members of the NPP did not enter politics to enrich themselves but to serve the nation.

He said it was wrong for a section of the public to think that people go into politics because they want to enrich themselves. “Politics is not a gold mine but a responsibility for those elected to serve their people and the nation.”

Debrah was reacting to a query from a contributor at the People’s Forum at Bole that people go into politics to enrich themselves. He urged Ghanaians to be courageous to fight injustices, indiscipline and corruption in the society that had eaten deep into the very fabric of the daily lives of the people.

Debrah called on the people not to allow politics to divide them but to be united and pool resources to develop their communities. He said the government would improve roads, agriculture, health and educational infrastructure and would complete good projects initiated by the past government in the district.

He assured the people that the national cake would be equally distributed and appealed to all ethnic groups in the district to co-exist peacefully to ensure development.

People, who took terms to ask questions at the forum, urged the government to build the Bui Dam, the Bamboi road and improve on television reception in the area. They called on the government to create a separate region for the Gonja people to enhance the rapid development of the area, noting that they had been denied development as a result of the crisis in Dagbon which they said they were not part of.

Some of them also urged the government to fill ministerial vacancies as soon as possible to enable such ministries to function effectively and efficiently. In reaction to the creation of a separate region for Gonja people, Debrah told them that the Dagbon crisis was not affecting Bole alone but the whole country. The Minister also explained to the people the rationale behind the increases in fuel prices and urged them to bear with the government.