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Nana Akufo-Addo promises roads
construction in the North
Tamale, July 26, Ghanadot/GNA- An NPP government under the
leadership of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would within five
years of its coming into office construct and asphalt the
Fulfulso-Sawla, Tamale-Salaga,Makango and the
Chuchuliga-Tumu roads.
The Wa-Lawra-Hamile, Wa-Hian-Tumu, Busunu-Daboya and the
Yendi-Gushiegu roads would also be constructed to improve
upon the road network in the three Northern regions to open
the area up and enhance economic activities between the
Northern sector of the country and the South.
Nana Akufo-Addo made these promises when he addressed a
forum organised by the University for Development Studies (UDS)
to outline his development agenda for the transformation of
Northern Ghana in Tamale on Friday.
The forum which was on the theme: “Transformation of the
North-An Agenda for big change”, gave the NPP flagbearer the
opportunity to outline in full, how he hopes to address the
development challenges confronting Northern Ghana.
Nana Akufo-Addo pledged to transform the North through five
thematic areas namely: infrastructural and agricultural
development, education and the promotion of tourism, Ecowas
trade liberalization and the establishment of the Northern
Development Fund.
The NPP flag bearer said a government under his
administration would triple the feeder road network in the
North over the next decade.
Nana Akufo-Addo said, in addition the
Nkwanta-Bimbila-Yendi-Bawku roads would be constructed to
improve commutation between the people of the Volta,
Northern and Upper East Regions, while the Wa-Tumu-Navrongo
roads would be done to improve socio-economic activities
between the Upper West and Upper East Regions.
In the area of air transport, Nana Akufo-Addo said he would
upgrade the Tamale Airport into a modern international
airport and make Tamale the gateway to the Sahel.
He also pledged to construct an inland port at Buipe to help
move large quantities of goods cheaply between the North and
the south adding that his government would complete the
North-South railway line for which the Kufuor administration
was already seeking funding.
On education the NPP flag bearer said he would among other
things extend the School feeding programme and the
Capitation grant to all schools, extend free education to
the Senior High Level at an extra cost of about 100 million
Ghana cedis per year initially.
He said his government would also construct public
universities in the regions that have none and upgrade
existing ones, particularly the UDS and the Tarkwa School of
Mines.
He said he would also put teachers at the centre of the
educational system by training more teachers, reviewing
their salaries and conditions of service and checking
teacher absenteeism.
The Tamale Teaching hospital and the Medical School, he
said, would also be rehabilitated, expanded and modernized,
adding that, special efforts would be made to resource the
UDS to make it a reputable instrument for solving the
practical problems of the people and industries.
GNA
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