Some foreign investors have expressed their readiness to rehabilitate the Zuarungu Meat Processing Factory after an appeal was made by the Paramount Chief of Chiana and President of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs, Pe Ditundini Adiali Thomas-More.

A statement issued by the Paramount Chief’s office says the move to revamp the defunct factory is part of Pe Ditundini Adiali Thomas-More’s neutral vision to help the region and Ghana as a whole to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on poverty, hunger, education, health and environmental protection by 2030. The office says the refurbishment project would also help address rural-urban migration and unemployment-related crimes in the region and beyond.

The Paramount Chief, whose father was a key member of the team that drafted the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, is also said to be currently in talks with some other investors to give a face-lift to the Northern Star Tomato Processing Factory at Pwalugu in the Talensi District and some other non-operational factories across the Upper East Region.

The President of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs is among the five candidates contesting the Council of State slot for the Upper East Region. The election is slated on Friday, February 12, 2021, at the House of Chiefs in the regional capital, Bolgatanga. Pe Ditundini Adiali Thomas-More is said to have also assured delegates that he will maintain the Electoral College as a “pool of wisdom” to guide his advice on state policies if elected a Member of the Council of State at the Friday’s election.

Speaking on why Pe Ditundini Adiali Thomas-More deserves to be the elected member of Upper East Region for the Council of State, a delegate mentioned that the Chiana Pio has been firm in pushing for unity and development of the region adding that the President of the House of Chiefs has a lot of developmental plans for the region.

“The Chiana Pio deserves the slot to represent the region as a Member of the Council of State. He is a unifier and he has effective lobbying skills. As the President of the House of Chiefs, he has been very firm in pushing for the unity and development of the region. He does not discriminate no matter the background you are coming from. All he wants is to see to it that everybody’s welfare is catered for. He has got a lot of development plans for the region. He became the President of the House of Chiefs just recently, but look at the development he has brought so far.”

Pe Ditundini Adiali Thomas-More is said to have also assured the delegates that he will maintain the Electoral College as a “pool of wisdom” to guide his advice on state policies if elected a member of the Council of State at the Friday’s election.

As captured on a notice of poll released this month by the Electoral Commission, the candidates contesting the Council of State position in the Upper East Region are the immediate past Council of State member, Mosore Kugbilsong Nanlebegtang,who is also the Paramount Chief of the Talensi Traditional Area; Mr Eric Akurugu Aligiyelah, a teacher; Yaw Mort, a businessman and Ditundini Adiali Thomas-More, the traditional ruler in the Chiana traditional area.