"WE WILL CHANGE SADA TO NDA" - NPP

Location: Bolgatanga, Upper East

 A lead member of the NPP Presidential Campaign Team, Prince Imoro Andani who represented Nana Akufo-Addo at a National Forum on Transformation of the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone of Ghana, has stated that his party when voted into power will restructure and change the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) into Northern Development Authority(NDA).

The former Northern Regional Minister, Prince Imoro Andani emphatically stated SADA under the NDC government has not chalked any success but a total failure and needs to be restructured and rebranded.

The move by the NPP to change SADA to NDA was generally not accepted by a large member of constituents at the forum and that sparked series of questions and contributions asking the NPP to maintain the SADA and current progress of the new administration of SADA led by Dr. Charles Abugri.

Speaking on behalf of the NPP flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, he mentioned the over 200 million cedis seed money released to SADA was wasted because the NDC government did not provide officials of SADA an enabling environment to work.

In his interaction with constituents in the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone, Prince Imoro Andani further explained the restructuring and rebranding of SADA is critical because the current NDC government has only projected developmental works that covers the entire northern landscape of this country and that makes the vision unrealistic.

He explained the NPP’s “Northern Development Authority” that will take over from SADA is structured to concentrate only on the three regions of the north and so the upper parts of the BrongAhafo and Volta Regions currently covered by SADA will be taken out.

However, there will be a “Middle Belt Authority” that will concentrate on developmental projects in the Brong Ahafo, Volta Ashanti and other regions in the middle belt.

Again, Prince Imoro Andani assured the NPP if voted into power will establish a “Coastal Belt Authority” that would have developmental demands of the southern parts of the country at heart by implementing projects that suit the area.

He was of the view, the NPP government has recognised the disparity in developmental project between the Northern and Southern belts of the country, and they will collaborate with the CSOs in order to undertake a baseline survey that will outline the most pressing needs in the zone.

Report by Listowell Acquaye