Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, running mate to the flag-bearer of
the New Patriotic Party, has said that agriculture would be a major focus of
the next NPP administration, adding that it will be one of the major tools for
the transformation of the North.
Dr. Bawumia made this known at Wungu
in the Walewale constituency of the Northern Region on Monday. He was
addressing a durbar of chiefs, elders and the people of the town as part of his
tour of the Mamprugu areas of the region.
Addressing the people in his native
Mampruli, Dr. Bawumia said, “Nana Akufo-Addo is committed to see the North
develop and the gap between us and our brothers and sisters in the south
bridged. We are focused on transforming the north. We want to put the vast land
at our disposal to productive purposes and to make the North a food basket for
Ghana and the entire Sahel region in order specifically to create jobs and
improve lives.”
Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia noted that the
Northern Development Authority would spearhead the transformation of the North.
He said that the NDA would be tasked to use agriculture as one of its key
priority areas. He stated that the North had rich land which could not be
allowed to lie fallow anymore.
The NPP running mate said that
aggressively developing agriculture in the north would lead to significant
improvements in the lives of the millions of who depend on agriculture. He also
indicated that this would ensure that peasant farmers secure stable and decent
livelihoods and would also stem the drift to the south by able bodied men and
women to engage in menial jobs. He added that improving the road infrastructure
will be a key component of the northern development strategy.
Former Vice-President, Alhaji Aliu
Mahama who is on tour with Dr. Bawumia asked the people of the North to realize
that the election was ultimately about their livelihoods. He asked the
electorate to vote for the Nana Akufo-Addo who had demonstrated that he had the
ideas and the commitment to make life better for Ghanaians.
Dr. Bawumia is accompanied on the
tour by a number of eminent NPP personalities who hail from the north. These
include Alhaji Aliu Mahama, Former Vice-President, Shaykh T.B. Damba, second
vice chairman of the NPP, Mr. Bugri Naabu, a leading member of the NPP in the
Northern Region, Mr. J.J Yidana, a former Police Chief who was exiled after the
31st December coup.
Mustapha Hamid, spokesperson to NPP presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo,
Mr. Ben Salifu, former Northern Regional Minister, NPP National Youth
Organizer, Anthony Karbo, Madam Rita Asobayire, former National Women’s
Organizer of the NPP, Rashid COP, Northern Regional Youth Organizer and the NPP’s parliamentary candidates for
the Mamprugu constituencies.
Dr Bawumia and Alhaji Aliu Mahama are
currently in Yagaba Kubori on the final leg of the nine-day Mamprugu tour.
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