29-11-2011
Narration: Government is taking giant steps to elevate the Binduri Constituency of the Upper East Region to a district. This will help pave way for massive infrastructural development in the area and to a larger extent showcase the rich potentials of the constituency. The Bawku Municipal Chief Executive, Musa Abdullai who made the pronouncement said government recognizing the endowed human and material resources in most parts of the country, will ensure that the status of such areas are upgraded to bring about development and also bring governance to the doorstep of the people at the grassroot. Mr Abduallai was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Binduri Constituency Development Association (BICDA) at Binduri, a constituency under the Bawku Municipality. Here is a report by Isaac Asare.
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Mr Abdullai also announced plans by the assembly to construct a police station in the Binduri constituency before the end of this year. He said 60 communities within the Bawku municipality including communities in Binduri constituency will soon be connected to the national electricity grid to help improve on the lives of the people. He disclosed that government is poised to developing every corner of the country, saying it behoves on all and sundry to support the developmental efforts of the government. Government he further said will not renege on its promise to Ghanaians indicating that efforts must be made to work collaboratively with the various municipal and district assembly’s to enable them articulate their concerns to the appropriate quarters for redress. On infrastructure, Mr Abdullai highlighted a number of development projects undertaken in the area and mentioned the rehabilitation of the Binduri-Kaade road network, the rehabilitation of the Yarigungu road which has being successfully executed with a bridge, the construction of 3 and 6 Unit classroom blocks for most deprived communities and the provision of boreholes as some of the projects executed by the assembly. According to him, government through the assembly has provided computers, classroom furniture and school uniforms to needy schools and pledged that more schools would be made to benefit from such gestures. Mr Adbullai later appealed to members of the association to remain focus and work to foster unity among its members. He also cautioned members not to be partisan in their dealings, but work in tandem with any individual or organization for development. A member of BICDA, Mr John Atikiba said the association was established in April, 2006 through the tireless efforts of some illustrious sons of Binduri who were concerned about issues of development of the area. The formation of the association, he explained has helped to unearth the geographical landscape of Binduri and expressed gratitude to one, Richard Akambus and others for their role in tracing the geographical location of Binduri. Through their work it came to light that the first missionaries who came to area, precisely the Roman Catholics arrived first at Binduri in 1938 and settled there until they relocated to Bawku in 1950. He said notwithstanding all this achievements and considering the fact that Binduri is endowed with the required human resource, its development over the years has remain stagnant and called for a swift intervention by all stakeholders including the government. Mr. Atikiba told Radio Ghana that BICDA aims to foster unity and fraternal relations among members and is poised to ensure the promotion of investment not only to its members but the entire Kusaug kingdom. The association he added also has the objective of mobilizing resources for sustainable and progressive development in the Binduri constituency and will continue to advocate for the creation of the constituency to a district. Mr Atikiba appealed for the support of all in realizing their set objectives. A five member committee headed by Madam Laurentia Azure was set up to steer the affairs of the association. They were sworn into office by His Lordship Paul Alhassan, a circuit court judge. An appeal for fund was later held to support the association in its work.
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