Walvis Bay mayor bids farewell
WALVIS BAY – Outgoing Walvis Bay mayor Immanuel Wilfried has urged all residents of Walvis Bay to practise patriotism and afford each other the opportunity to vote for candidates who best represent their interests without false promises.
He also encouraged all registered voters to turn up in great numbers and thereby elect their own political representatives during next month’s regional council and local authority elections.
Wilfred made the plea on Tuesday evening during the ordinary council meeting that was the last for the current leadership.
Immanuel, who served for more than two decades as councilor, has not been nominated this year as a candidate for the local authority elections.
“It is with mixed feelings that I rise and address you all this evening in my capacity as mayor at the last ordinary council meeting for 2020. I served as mayor, due to the faith my fellow councillors and the Swapo Party had in me. I hope that I have carried out my duties and tasks to your satisfaction,” Immanuel said.
Immanuel said that he is deeply indebted to his fellow councillors, staff of the municipality and the regional leadership for the active support, encouragement and shared vison for Walvis Bay.
“During my tenure of office, I have been part of many developmental projects that saw Walvis Bay position itself as a true industrial town that was and is able to attract major investors,” he said.
“During the past five years, I was able to see the realization of many ambitious projects with a great impact on our city, such as the port expansion, the development of Farm 37, the implementation of many projects that are aided by the 5% of our budget that the Walvis Bay Council contributes to regional development projects, just to mention a few.”
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