Bawumia laments poverty in N/R as he wraps up tour

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He blasted President John Mahama’s handling of the Savanna Development Authority (SADA) which was meant to bring development in the Savanna regions of the country in the area of Agric, research and infrastructure.

Speaking in Mion at the last leg of his campaign, the NPP vice leader said: “I am ending this first leg of my tour with a lot of sadness. I have seen so much poverty, so much underdevelopment, basic infrastructure in many of our villages is non-existent, and the levels of poverty are so high.  “President Mahama, with the SADA, could have done something major. The resources of SADA could have reduced the poverty of the people of northern Ghana but the corruption of this government in the management of the SADA programme, the mismanagement and incompetence of this government, has led to our people being poorer after eight years of this NDC administration.”

He appealed to voters to reject the NDC in the upcoming election, promising to “reorganize” SADA by creating the Northern Development Authority (NoDA).

“This is the reason why we need change. We are going to reorganise SADA. We are going to create a Northern Development Authority. We will appoint people of competence and integrity to handle this Authority, and people who are incorruptible to handle these resources”, he said.

READ MORE:President Mahama denounces independent candidatesSpeaking to hundreds of party supporters in the Mion Constituency, Dr Bawumia indicated that the NDA would focus on developing basic infrastructure to support agriculture and industry.“We will bring in a major focus on agriculture, a major focus on irrigation and the roads in the Northern Region to improve agriculture,” he assured.

Dr Bawumia said that the flagship infrastructural project for the North under a Nana Akufo-Addo government will be the construction of the Accra-Paga railway line, which will open up the North for industries and support agricultural production and processing.Nana Akufo-Addo’s running mate also touched on the Northern section of the Eastern Corridor road, which he noted had become a death trap despite the propaganda from the NDC and promised that the NPP, when elected, would construct that section of the corridor.

“Our flagship infrastructural project will be the Accra-Paga Railway line and it will be accomplished in the lifetime of a Nana Akufo-Addo government. The Eastern corridor road has been used for propaganda by the NDC government. It is in a very bad shape and is now a death trap but I can assure you that a Nana Akufo-Addo government will fix this road,” he promised.

READ MORE:Bawumia throws a challenge to Mahama to debate ordinary Ghanaians on the economy“So let us not lose hope. Hope is coming. Nana Akufo-Addo is a man of vision and a man of integrity, he is incorruptible and that is the man we need to lead this country.”