Be decisive to make Gambaga the capital of the North-East region – Mamprugu Youth in Akufo-Addo

Regional News of Monday, February 11, 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

2019-02-11

A group that calls itself the progressive youth of Mamprugu is calling on President Akuf Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to urgently decide on a capital city for the Northeast region.

According to the group, they realized that many evil people were trying to dilute the president's objectivity in his attempt to choose a good location for the capital.

They said that choosing a capital for the newly created region should not be a problem, because Gambaga has all the necessary vestiges to become a regional capital and if the Nayiri wishes to Nalerigu, it should rather be seen in a visible way. Gambaga made the capital so that the proximity of Nalerigu to Gambaga could impose a development between the two (2) localities.

They said in a statement copied on MyNewsGh.com that Gambaga is the oldest political place in Mamprugu. It was once the administrative and political capital of the North until 1907, when it was transferred to Tamale on the basis of harmonious relations between the Mamprusis and the Dagombas, but the essential consideration for the movement was centered on centrality.

Gambaga was close to the borders of the former upper region. By reinforcing their position, they added that the Nayiri were domiciled in Gambaga and had finally settled in Nalerigu. This movement occurred during the reign of Naa Atabiya and relied on the fact that he did not wish to occupy the same city as the political and administrative leader and that their rhetoric raised a question; What's changed? And that, the Nayiri will they move to a different place if Nalerigu becomes the capital? They also drew mynewsgh.com's attention to the fact that, apart from the Baptist Mission-owned medical center, there is not a single facility in Nalerigu that can help Nalerigu become a regional capital. . It should be noted that the medical establishment is not a government institution. Moreover, in the history of Ghana, Ghanaians have not yet learned how a city that has never been a district capital, a graduated municipality, has suddenly become a regional capital. As a country, we must make a value-for-money decision while respecting our political history.

Yesterday, Sunday, February 10, 2019, a document circulated on social media, showing the signatures of division chiefs and deputy chiefs, demonstrating their consent to the government to make Nalerigu the capital.

But they argued that it was important to indicate with authority that many leaders signed this document under duress, claiming in section that they had been forced.

"The mamprusis are usually a discipline group. We respect our leaders so much, especially the Nayiri, that the Nayiri will not want to do anything and be greeted with disappointment. This excludes the inhabitants of Gambaga, their leader and the imam, but a careful study of the document indicated that the Gambaga chief was not included in the document not because he could have refused to sign but he was not deliberately included so as not to know what's going on. The people of Gambaga have a lot of respect for the Nayiri and will in no way show a lack of respect to his authority, "they noted.

They also ask the president and the ministry to stick to his earlier idea of ​​consulting technocrats to help ensure the proper implementation of the capital. We hope that these technocrats will carefully and patiently examine all the questions without succumbing to the whims and whims of the interested parties in the Northeast region.

The group also said that the argument for making Walewale the capital is neither here nor there. First, Walewale left Gambaga to head West Mamprusi District. Second, how can a capital of one region share borders with two (2) different administrative regions? It shares borders with the already existing regions of the North and Northeast, and any request to make Walewale the capital seems dead when it arrives.

They also urge the Nayiri to remind the men and women who use his name maliciously to put pressure on false motives.

"His Excellency the President should recall Hajia Alima Mahama to order. She knows it, but for Gambaga, she could not have been a member of Parliament, but other sources indicate that in the next six (6) months for the general election to 2020, the constituency of Nalerigu / Gambaga will be divided into two (2). does not seem to be bothered to thwart the discontent of the population of Gambaga since it would now be interested in the district of Nalerigu / Sakogu, which has not yet been created. It protects its interests maliciously more than the interests of the largest party (NPP). The NPP will be shocked by the result of the 2020 elections in Mamprugu, if they avoid doing what is right and even necessary to establish in the capital, "they threatened.

Respectfully, they also call on Dr. Alhaji Mahamudu Bawumia, Vice President, to call the President of the North Region of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to order him to use his name cruelly to create a confused peace in the traditional area of ​​Mamprugu. .