The Divisional chief of Prestea Himan Traditional Council, Nana Ntaboah Prah IV has applauded the NPPs One district one factory policy describing it as "a very laudable idea".

"In the cocoa growing areas they may need a cocoa processing facility...but what we the people in this mining area will want if you become the president of Ghana is a gold refinery facility. Kwame Nkrumah built one, but it has been converted into a university hall, meanwhile gold is in abundance here. I believe you can do this".

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Nana Ntaboah Prah was speaking at his palace when the flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party NPP, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo visited his palace at Prestea in his five-day visit to the western region.

Nana Prah also urged Nana Addo to give the Bogoso Prestea road a facelift when he emerges the winner of the December polls.

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"Another problem is also the lack of a well thought out development blueprint which we can point at in all these years of gold mining in Prestea. I was sad when I read from one of the online news portals comparison between South Africa and Prestea. It's a sad story. I am pleading with you to assist produce a well thought out development blueprint which will transform Prestea and beyond."