Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has assured residents of the North East Region that the development promised by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is not a mirage.
He disclosed that the little that has been witnessed since January 7, 2017 is just a curtain raiser and that the major one is on its way calling on them to keep hope with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration that sees development as its key objective.
Addressing participants at the maiden Regional Damba Festival in Nalerigu, the Regional Capital on Saturday, Dr Bawumia called for concerted efforts from all stakeholders in the region which is coincidentally his home region to foster the needed development.
The second gentleman of the country observed that development is a shared responsibility reiterating government’s commitment to championed projects aimed at opening up the newly created region to provide jobs for the teeming youth.
“Development is coming”, he said stressing “let us work together to bring development”
He enumerated a number of projects being embarked on by the current administration in the region indicating this was just a tip of the iceberg promising more as the year inches to a close and next year including roads, school buildings among others.
Damba Festival
The Damba festival is an ancient celebration of the Dagamba of Northern Ghana and brought along from Zamfara in the North of Nigeria into Dagbon in the first quarter of the 18th Century during the rign of Naa Zangina.
