Prince Imoro Andani, a former Northern Regional
Minister, has said when given the mandate, the New Patriotic Party
administration would change the name Savannah Accelerated Development Authority
into Northern Development Authority.He said they would also create
similar structures in the middle belts of the country to help transform
development in these areas.
Prince Andani said this at a forum which
attracted various stakeholders including civil society organizations, women and
youth groups, market women, Persons with Disabilities among others.
The
forum gave the political parties the opportunity to announce their vision to
transform the Northern Savannah Ecological Zones into place of opportunity for
all, free from poverty and inequality.
He expressed regret that before
the introduction of the new SADA Board, an amount of Gh¢200 million used as seed
capital to establish SADA, was wasted on fruitless ventures.
He said the
party’s intension to create one dam in each village and one district getting one
factory and the establishment of the constituency fund would help create jobs
for the citizenry particularly among the youth.
He said the party would
focus on agricultural mechanization and grant fertilizer and seed subsidies to
farmers, separate the Cocoa Board from the Share nut Development Board among
others as part of the drive to improve on agric and agric related
ventures.
He said the NPP Government would also endorse the election of
District Chief Executives to make them more accountable to the people to help
improve the decentralization concept.
Naba Segri Bewong, a Board Member
of SADA, said the failure of the Government to budget for SADA was affecting its
smooth operations saying there is the need for the release of the stated
percentage of the Non Petroleum products for SADA.
Dr Charles Abugre said
the master plan for SADA when fully explored could help transform the Northern
Ecological Zones. |
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