NDC to Partner Queen Mothers Against Poverty


The vice presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana 

Opoku-Agyemang, says the next NDC government will actively engage and work with queen 

mothers to fight poverty.

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said this when she addressed a forum of Central Regional Queen 

Mothers on Tuesday.

Speaking on the theme "building the Central Region we want, the shared perspectives from 

our queen mothers”, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said it leaves much to be desired that the 

Central Region is described as the fourth poorest region in Ghana.

She added it is imperative that governments collaborate with traditional authorities, 

especially queen mothers, to fight poverty in the region.

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang said the next NDC government will introduce the 24-Hour Economy, 

Women’s Development Bank, National Apprenticeship Programme and the Big Push to help 

create jobs and financially empower women across the country, adding “the Central Region 

would not be left out”.

She said, among other interventions to empower women, the next NDC government will also 

build new markets and expand infrastructure in the region.

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang further noted that teenage pregnancy is also high in the region and 

the next NDC government would collaborate with queen mothers to find a lasting solution to 

the problem.

She urged the queen mothers to vote massively for NDC presidential candidate, Mr. John 

Dramani Mahama in the upcoming December 7 general elections to enable him fulfill his 

electoral promises to the people of Ghana.

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