News:
August 23, 2011
A Tamale based business magnate, William Majeed Mahama, has blamed Members of Parliament from the three regions of the north for the under-developed nature of northern Ghana.
He said MPs from northern Ghana lacked the political will to push successive governments to fulfill their campaign promises to the people of the area.
According to William Majeed, the people of northern Ghana will continue to languish in abject poverty unless their MPs especially those whose party is in power whip the government to fulfill some of its major campaign promises.
Mr Mahama was contributing to the topic, “Bridging the yawning gap between northern and southern Ghana: the role of stakeholders from the north” at a symposium in Tamale.
He commended the NDC government for initiating the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) programme but was quick to state that it will have no positive impact on the people of northern Ghana if government does not allocate the required resources needed for its smooth implementation.
William Majeed Mahama charged the Mills-Mahama administration to explain to the good people of northern Ghana why it deposited only Gh¢ 8 million into the SADA kitty instead of the Gh¢ 25 million that was captured on the 2011 supplementary budget.
“SADA is an unquestionable programme that is geared towards bridging the developmental gap between the north and south. Government promised a certain seed capital towards this programme and so far only eight million Ghana cedis has been paid into SADA account, why?”
The Tamale based business magnate charged chiefs in northern Ghana to emulate the shining examples of their southern colleagues who have initiated self help projects to alleviate the plight of their people.
William Majeed Mahama impressed upon the chiefs to place premium on education by establishing endowment funds to help needy but brilliant students acquire higher academic qualifications to help them qualify for well-paying jobs.
“Until we get a political, social and traditional leadership that will truly represent us and inspire and reorient the mentality of our people towards development, central governments handouts would continue to be white elephants” he observed.
Source: Citifmonline.Com