{"id":592170,"date":"2019-02-15T19:34:50","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T19:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"
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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has chosen Nalerigu as the\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has chosen Nalerigu as the\u00a0<\/span>capital<\/span><\/span><\/span> of the newly created North East region.<\/span><\/p>\n

He disclosed this Tuesday at the Jubilee House in Accra, at a\u00a0<\/span>ceremony<\/span><\/span><\/span> to present Constitutional Instruments (CI 116) to give effect to the creation of the North East and Savannah regions.<\/span><\/p>\n

The two regions, together with \u2013 Oti, Bono East, Ahafo and Western North \u2013 were created following a successful referenda\u00a0last year.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Northern Regional Minister, Salifu Saeed will act as minister for the North East until a substantive minister is appointed.<\/span><\/p>\n

The president assured that government projects and structures will be equitably spread across the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAlready as contained in the President\u2019s 2019 budget, <\/span>seed<\/span><\/span><\/span> capital of \u00a220 million has been allocated for each region to aid in its smooth take-off.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cGovernment will make sure that the desire for growth and progress, which was the underlining reason for the vote for the creation of the North East region is met,\u201d the president said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Tarana, the First Elder of the Nayiri welcomed the president\u2019s announcement.<\/span><\/p>\n

He called on all natives of the region to rally behind the chiefs to bring about the rapid development to the area.<\/span><\/p>\n

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