Nandom, Ghana – The NDC parliamentary candidate for the Nandom Constituency, Dr. Richard Kuuire has started the drilling of two boreholes at Guo Hayoree and Monyupelle communities today.
A brief whatsApp message sent to SavannahNewsOnline.Com by the NDC candidate a while ago, said “the good people of Guo Hayoree and Monyupelle had been struggling to get good water to drink hence his decision to respond to their need for water”.
He assured the good people of Nandom that, under his administration as MP, every community would get their fair share of development saying “although I’m not yet your MP I am providing you water out of my own resources. This means that I would do more for you when you vote for me to represent you in parliament. The NDC government under John Mahama would do more for you when you vote for the NDC on December 7”.
In the run-up to the 2016 general elections, Dr. Kuuire sank over 40 boreholes in over 30 communities in the constituency that were faced with serious water scarcity. Some of the communities include Zongo, Puffien, Segru, Tampelle, St. Theresa’s Hospital, Kusele, Baseble, Down Below, Gaamuoyir, Biiregangn, Kogle, Pataal, Tankyara, Taayaga, Goziir and Daagangn.
He extended electricity to 7 different communities. They were Tom, Zimuopare, Nabugangn, Naapaal, Ko-vaarpuo, Nandomle and Betaglu. He also built schools in communities such as Domanje, Zimuopare, Nabugangn, Monyupelle, Ketuo and Dabagteng among others.
Dr. Richard Kuuire is a professionally trained lawyer, prisons officer, administrator and a military expert with over 33 years of working experience, nationally and internationally. Ten years of this professional experience has been working with the United Nations as a Corrections Adviser in prison reforms and re-establishing prison systems in post-conflict environments and general rule of law issues.
He worked with the Ghana Prisons Service between 1980 and 2003, rising through the ranks to becoming the Director General of the Service from November 2000 to September 2003. In September 2007, he was appointed Corrections Policy Officer at the UN Headquarters where he served as the Corrections Coordinator.
Dr. Kuuire holds a Bachelor of Law (LL. B Hons) awarded to him by the University of Ghana in 1979. In 1983, he received a Barrister-at-Law (BL) from the Ghana Law School and was called to the Bar.
He also received a Diploma from the Ghana Military Academy in 1982; Certificate from the Junior Division of the Ghana Armed Forces Staff College (JSC) after three (3) months Course in 1982; Passed Staff College (PSC) Diploma awarded by the Senior Division of the Ghana Armed Forces Staff College after one (1) year course in various fields of Management and Leadership, Accra, 1986.
He has a Certificate in Management, awarded by the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration; Certificate in Management of Prisons and Prisoners awarded by UNAFRI – Kampala, Uganda; Chief Executive Programme Certificate at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration; Certificate from Crown Agents International Management Centre, UK, in Advance Prison Management -1999; Certificate in Competency Based Performance Management Programme in May 2006 – United Nations Mission in Sudan.
By SavannahNewsOnline.Com/Philip Liebs