Bolgatanga, March 16, Ghanadot/GNA - The people of the Upper
East, Upper West and Northern Region, (three northern regions),
have been asked to stop consistently insisting that they are
poor and cannot initiate efforts to improve upon their lives.
Professor Stephen Adei, former Rector of the Ghana Institute of
Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), who made the call,
said there were opportunities of wealth creation in those areas
and debunked perceptions that they were the poorest regions in
the country.
He was addressing a symposium on wealth creation and financial
management in the family, jointly organized by Shalom Family
Foundation and Northern Ghana Missions, all Christian
organizations, seeking the welfare of families through
strengthened marriages, at Bolgatanga.
Prof. Adei stressed that it was possible for the people in the
three regions to harness their resources and create wealth if
the were committed and determined to do so.
He said it was wrong to talk about poverty when there were many
job opportunities in Ghana.
Prof. Adei, who is the Chief Executive of the Ghana Red Cross
Society, explained that the lack of planning, ignorance about
job and investment opportunities, pride and refusal to take up
certain jobs among others, have contributed to increasing
poverty in the country.
He said individuals in failed to partner with other people and
institutions to come out with the best ideas and models for
establishing businesses in the three northern regions.
Professor Adei noted that government policies, plans and
directions failed to capture the core needs of the people in
those areas for development projects to bridge the development
gap between northern and southern parts of Ghana.
He recommended that Ghanaians should find gainful employment and
earn good income, spend less than what one earned, visited the
stock and monetary markets to find out transactions there and
save constantly a portion of income earned no matter the amount
involved.
Prof. Adei urged the people to keep to their visions, have
positive attitude, initiate achievable strategies and build
their spiritual lives to create and maintain wealth.
GNA
