Each head of the ten Regional House of Chiefs is expected to get one of the vehicles; the remaining two would be on standby, Joy News' presidential affairs correspondent Seth Kwame Boateng reported.
The president made the donation when he met the National House of Chiefs at Kumasi in the Ashanti Region on Tuesday.
The vehicles are expected to help the chiefs in the discharge of their duties, Seth Kwame Boateng gathered.
The President of the National House of Chiefs, Naa Prof John Nabila assured President Mahama that the House was ready to extend to him the same help and respect they gave to his predecessor Prof. John Evans Atta Mills to enable him govern the country.
He also complained of inadequate budgetary allocation to the House of Chiefs, which he said is hampering their efforts to contribute to national development.
He noted that a number of chieftaincy conflicts in the country would have been solved if they had enough funds to go about their duty.
The President is expected to have a meeting with the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II later today.
Meanwhile, the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is also in the Ashanti Region campaigning.
Luv News Kwabena Ampretwum reports that Nana Addo has been campaigning in the Amansie West district where he accused President Mahama of preaching tribal politics, and has therefore told the electorate not to listen to him.
He told the people his free SHS manifesto promise is real, and would be implemented when they give him their mandate.
Though the NPP flagbearer’s convoy had to cover some long distances, that did not deter the enthusiastic crowd from following them, Kwabena Ampretwum said.
source: Joyonline
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