17-03-2011
President John Evan Attah Mills will from Friday, March 25 pay a two-day working visit to the Upper East Region to cut sod for work to commence on projects earmarked for construction in the region. The President’s visit forms part of his familiarization tour to 5 regions of the country to inspect ongoing developmental projects and also interact with ministers and DCEs on issues of development. The Upper East Regional Minister, Mark Woyongo who gave the hint in an interview with Radio Ghana at Bolgatanga said whilst in the region, the President will break grounds for the construction of a 3 million Ghana Cedi modern assembly hall complex for the University of Development Studies (UDS) at Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana East District and also cut sod for the construction for the drilling of boreholes in the Bawku municipality and its surroundings. At Nakolo, Prof Mills will facilitate the commencement of an electrification programme and moreover, ensure the construction of steel bridges among other projects for the region. Throwing more light on the president’s visit, Mr. Woyongo disclosed that the region would soon be benefiting from the construction of 450 boreholes for most deprived communities under the Rural Electrification Project, of which additional fund would be sourced to extend the project to the rest of the communities. According to him a 100 million dollar loan facility had been secured to finance the drilling of more than 30 boreholes for the people of Chiana and its catchment area, adding that plans are far afoot to desilt, dredge and rehabilitate the various dams in the region to ensure all year round farming. Mr. Woyongo later expressed government’s determination to facilitate the development of northern Ghana and urged the people to exercise restaurants since government is on course to that effect.
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