Region specific fund part of national agenda-Mahama Ayariga
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot

Accra, July 29, Ghanadot - Mahama Ayariga, Presidential spokesperson has disclosed that the region-specific development programmes announced by the president must be perceived as part of a national development agenda by the current administration.

Government announced its intention to start what it calls the Western Corridor Development Fund which is expected to finance economic and social infrastructure in the Western and Central Regions.

This announcement was made yesterday by the President at Sekondi, when he made a stop there as part of his tour of the two regions.

This programme follows an earlier one – the Savanna Accelerated Development Programme – which will address development challenges in the three northern regions and northern Brong Ahafo Region.

Mr. Ayariga in an interview on Joy FM said the two programmes fed into a national development programme which should spur growth and improve the livelihoods of the citizenry.

He hinted that the Western Fund was strategically launched to tap into the tourism potentials of the Central Region as well as the country’s nascent oil industry.

According to him, the country’s donor partners around the world have pledged support for such programmes, adding that government was ready to support local initiatives and would encourage the regions to fashion schemes that would address their own problems.

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