Vice PREZ ASKED TO INTERVENE IN SADA INITIATIVE

THE VICE President John Dramani Mahama has been called upon to personally intervene for government to speed up the implementation of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) and also see to the immediate construction of all major road infrastructures to enhance economic activities.

The SADA is expected to address the development imbalance between the north and southern part of Ghana but it has since 2009 been in shambles, as very little attention and resources have been committed to its implementation.

The General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God Church of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Paul Frimpong Manso who made the call maintained that the development of Ghana would be meaningless if it is not link up with the total development of the North.

Rev. Dr. Paul Frimpong Manso was speaking at the opening of the 17^th Annual Northern Regional Council Meeting of the Assemblies of God Church of Ghana at Kumbungu in the Northern Region recently. The Meeting was attended by all Pastors of Assemblies of God and other representatives of Churches in the region.

Even though he lauded the plan by government to develop the Eastern Corridor roads to link the north to the other regions, Rev. Frimpong Manso was of the view that that project alone was not enough to bring about the needed transformation in the road sector in north and therefore called for the construction of other major roads to link all the districts of the north to the regional capital, Tamale.

The General Superintendent of the Church reminded the Vice President and for that the ruling government about the enormous economic potentials in the north, and called for pragmatic approach to transform the area.

Chronicling the frequent violence among the people up north emanating from poverty and idleness, the Reverend Minister conceived that the youth of the region would live peacefully with one another and shy away from unscrupulous persons who instigate them to pick up arms, if the government creates the needed employment opportunities for them.

However the Vice President, John Dramani Mahama who is also a member of the Assemblies of God Church commended the Church for investing in the spiritual development of the people and also supporting the infrastructural development of the nation.

He indicated that the NDC government was committed to the development of the north and would commit 100 million dollar to the SADA this year and also construct the Eastern Corridor roads.

The Assemblies of God Church also honour the Vice President with Daniel Award for his contribution to the Church and national development.

The Northern Regional Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Rev. David Akonsi Wumbei called for peace in Dagbon and Northern Region in the December general elections.