{"id":1248,"date":"2025-02-19T21:05:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2025-02-19T21:05:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:05:30","slug":"chief-tanko-aims-to-drive-economic-growth-infrastructure-community-engagement-for-volta-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/chief-tanko-aims-to-drive-economic-growth-infrastructure-community-engagement-for-volta-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Tanko aims to drive economic growth, infrastructure, community engagement for Volta Region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Edzorna Francis Mensah<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Representative of the Volta Region on the Council of State, Gabriel Tanko Kwamigah-Atokple also known as Chief Tanko says his aim is to drive economic growth, improve infrastructure, and enhance community engagement across the Region.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also promised to prioritize development, youth empowerment, and economic transformation as my advisory role to the President of the Republic in line with the NDC resetting manifesto agenda.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-2-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-2-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-2-90x60.jpeg 90w, https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-2-180x120.jpeg 180w, https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-2-95x64.jpeg 95w, https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a short message to thank the President and the people of the Volta Region after his swearing at the seat of Government on Tuesday, February, 18th, 2025, Mr. Kwamigah-Atokple said, \u201crepresenting the Volta Region, I will prfioritize development, youth empowerment, and economic transformation in my advisory role to the President. Leveraging my experience in social development through the Tanko Foundation. I aim to drive economic growth, improve infrastructure, and enhance community engagement across the region\u201d.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-1-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-1-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-1-90x60.jpeg 90w, https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-1-180x120.jpeg 180w, https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-1-95x64.jpeg 95w, https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-10.11.27-AM-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated that, as a Member of the Council, he solemnly pledges to uphold the Constitution, serving with honesty, integrity, and dedication as he noted\u2026. \u201cyesterday, I was honored to officially take the oath of office as a Member of the Council of State, administered by His Excellency, President John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his address, the President underscored the importance of good governance, transparency, and national unity, urging Council Members to provide objective and non-partisan counsel to strengthen our democracy\u201d.<br>He expressed his profound gratitude to his families and supporters for the honour done to him, \u201cthank you once again for your unwavering support. Together, we will achieve great things. &#8220;Mawu fe asi le eme&#8221; [God is in control]\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Representative of the Volta Region on the Council of State, Gabriel Tanko Kwamigah-Atokple also known as Chief Tanko says his aim is to drive economic growth, improve infrastructure, and enhance community engagement across the Region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[993,967,971],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1252,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions\/1252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africanewsradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}