Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, Vice Presidential candidate of the NDC has pledged that the next administration will close down all witch camps .
According to the running mate, the presence of witch camps is a dent on the country’s image and democratic status, adding that the practice of tagging of people, especially the elderly as witches, and relegating them to camps, would no longer be tolerated.
Describing the recent lynching of a 90year old women in Kafaba in the Gonja East District of the Savanna Region on accusation of her being a witch, as “highly unacceptable” Prof Opoku-Agyemang, promised that an NDC administration would not pay lip service in addressing the menace.
The Vice Presidential candidate noted that enough social protection interventions would be provided for the inmates, who would also be integrated into their communities after the closure of the camps.
Prof. Opoku-Agyemang gave a number of stalled infrastructural projects in the town, promising that the NDC administration would complete all of its projects in the area that have been abandoned by the current government.
Those interested in the all-inclusive development of the country should support the NDC to return to power. she said, adding that the December election campaign is based on record, and not insults.
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