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The spokesperson For the Nayiri, Yidana Zakaria said the president's $ 20 million seed capital to address development issues in the newly created Northeast region is inadequate.
He added that while choosing Nalerigu as the capital of the region gives them great joy, the funds allocated to them are not enough to solve the many problems that the region is facing.
"When you drop a rock in an ocean, you do not make any significant improvement in the amount of water in that ocean, so that the Northeast region is one of the poorest in the world. country where education is not at home. health is a big challenge, road networks have nothing good to talk about
"In the midst of all these challenges, we can understand that 20 million ¢, although considerable, to the extent that people have their expectations, the money can not meet these needs," he said. said in an interview with Joy FM's Top Story.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced Tuesday the selection of Nalerigu as regional capital of the Northeast.
He also announced that Damongo would be the capital of the new Savannah region.
President Akufo-Addo made these announcements at the Jubilee House in Accra during a ceremony present the constitutional instruments (C.I 116) to give effect to the creation of the North-East and Savanna regions.
The two regions, as well as Oti, Bono East, Ahafo and Western North, were created as a result of a successful referendum last year.
But while the President is preparing to hold another ceremony on WednesdayOn February 13, to complete the creation of the Bono East and Ahafo and West North and Oti regions on February 15, the Nayiri and his people are not fully impressed by the money which has been allocated to them.
"On many platforms, I said that if you pool all the mutual funds for the six new regions for two years, you will not get 20 million ¢, so you'll get an advance on that amount.
"But people just need to know that they have to live up to their expectations," the spokesman said.
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