Oil find must benefit People of Western Region, Chiefs
By Awudu Salami Sule,
Ghanadot
Accra, July 29, Ghanadot The
President of the Western Regional House of Chiefs, Nana
Awulae Atibrukusu III has call on the Attah Mills
administration to ensure that the oil find in the region is
beneficial to the people of the region.
The chief who was speaking on behalf of the chiefs in the
region made this remark yesterday during a durbar of chiefs
to welcome President Mills who was on a two-day tour in the
region.
He called for the establishment of a special oil development
fund in which part of the revenue from the oil resources
would be allocated to fast track the development of the
region, including the creation of alternative sources of
livelihood for the people.
Nana Atibrukusu III said the chiefs in the region have
resolved to do everything possible to ensure that the oil
find did not become a curse to them.
"We strongly believe the oil find will be a blessing and not
a curse", he stressed.
But President Mills who was addressing the gathering amidst
cheering reiterated his commitment to ensuring that the oil
resources were used to the benefit of the country.
He said, development of the Western Region which hosts a
number of the country's vital natural resources was
prominent on the government development agenda, adding, "We
will not turn our back on you".
President Mills announced that his administration would soon
set up a Western Corridor Development Authority to help
develop the Western Region and Central Region.
President Mills yesterday arrived in Secondi-Takoradi, the
Western Regional capital, to a huge welcome by thousands of
jubilant residents. The President is on a two-day tour of
the region, his first after ascending the Presidency in
January this year.
Ghanadot
