THE initiatives of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) will only benefit the people in the northern part of the country if they take advantage of these interventions, the Member of Parliament for Yapei/Kusawgu, Alhaji Amadu Seidu, has observed.
According to him, the authority will undertake certain development projects in the areas of infrastructure, health, education, job creation and agriculture and, therefore, require the services of skilled people in those areas.
Alhaji Seidu, who was addressing the second ordinary general assembly meeting of the Central Gonja District, therefore, entreated his constituents to build their capacity to qualify them to undertake these projects or benefit from them.
“Of course, the authority will not offer construction contracts to unqualified contractors, neither will it include non-farmers as beneficiaries for agric interventions,” he stated.
The MP said SADA would drive the development of the north by transforming its economy and people.
“It will lead to a more aggressive utilisation of the north’s resources and the implementation of programmes to reduce unemployment, promote agric and combat environmental degradation,” he explained.
The MP mentioned that efforts were underway to improve education, health, water and electricity supply, roads and other infrastructure in the Central Gonja District.
He said 15 communities had been selected to be connected to the national grid under the Rural Electrification Project and gave an assurance that more communities would benefit in due time.
Alhaji Seidu also mentioned that the district would benefit from the national project that sought to abolish the schools-under-trees and replace them with classroom blocks to facilitate teaching and learning.
He indicated that currently, three of the schools operating under trees in deprived parts of the district were already being tackled.
“I am also considering partnering with the assembly to rehabilitate dams that have been silted because our people depend on them”, he added.
The MP cautioned his constituents not to allow their political biases to influence their contribution to development.
“Politics is different and development is different, even though the two are both important. We must learn to discern when it is appropriate to do politics and when it is counter-productive to do so”, he remarked.
Alhaji Seidu said he had observed that some persons were usually inclined to sabotage government projects in order to ensure the failure of the party in power.
“Such attitudes would only lead to further impoverishment of our people and deprive them of very basic amenities”, he noted.
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