The spokesperson for the Nayiri, Yidana Zakaria says the President\u2019s \u00a220 million seed money to address developmental challenges in the newly create"},"modified":"2019-02-15T19:38:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T19:38:33","slug":"%c2%a220m-seed-money-for-north-east-region-a-drop-in-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/02\/15\/%c2%a220m-seed-money-for-north-east-region-a-drop-in-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a220m seed money for North East region a drop in ocean"},"content":{"rendered":" <\/p>\n The spokesperson for the Nayiri, Yidana Zakaria says the President\u2019s \u00a220 million seed money to address developmental challenges in the newly created North East region is insufficient.<\/span><\/p>\n He says although choosing Nalerigu as the region\u2019s capital gives them great joy, the fund\u00a0allocated to them is inadequate to solve the many problems that confront the region.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen you drop a pebble in an ocean, you will not make any significant improvement in the quantum of water in that ocean so to the extent that the North East region is one of the most deprived in the country where education is nothing to write home about, health delivery is a big challenge, road networks are nothing good to talk about<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIn the midst of all these challenges, one can understand that \u00a220 million,\u00a0though an appreciable amount, to the extent that people have their expectations, the money cannot address those needs,\u201d he said in an interview on Joy FM\u2019s Top Story.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday announced the selection of Nalerigu as the regional capital for North East.<\/span><\/p>\n He also announced Damongo as the capital for the newly created Savannah region.<\/span><\/p>\n President Akufo-Addo made these announcements at the Jubilee House in Accra during a ceremony<\/span>\u00a0to present the Constitutional Instruments (C.I 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 <\/span>referendum<\/span>\u00a0last year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n But while the president prepares to hold another ceremony on <\/span>Wednesday<\/span>, February 13 to complete the creation of the Bono East and Ahafo regions and the Western North and Oti regions on February 15, the Nayiri and his people are not entirely impressed with the money they have been allocated.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI have said on many platforms that if you were to put together all the common funds for all the six new regions for two years, you will not get \u00a220 million so to get that amount at one go will give us a head start.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBut it is just to let people know that they need to be measured in their expectations,\u201d the spokesperson added.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n