NORTHERN YOUTH FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT SLAMS GOVERNMENT

NORTHERN YOUTH FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT SLAMS GOVERNMENT
Checks by the Northern Youth for Peace and Development have discovered that government has deposited only 8 million cedis into the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority’s kitty instead of the 25 million cedis that was captured on the 2011 supplementary budget presented to Parliament by the Minister for Finance, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor. The Northern Youth for Peace and Development that holds government on check concerning the implementation of projects earmarked under the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority says the people of northern Ghana demands an unqualified apology from President John Mills for deceiving Ghanaians to believe that that an amount of 25 million cedis had been deposited in the SADA kitty. Prince Hardi Adam, Executive Director of the Northern Youth for Peace and Development brought this to the public domain at a news conference in Tamale where he lost confidence in the Mills-Mahama led NDC administration’s promise to bridge the yawning gap between the north and the south in terms of development. He claimed that President John Mills quickly directed his Minister for Finance to smartly capture on the supplementary budget for 2011 that an amount of 25 million cedis had been allocated for SADA. According to Prince Hardi Adam, the decision was borne out of the Northern Youth for Peace and Development’s threat to embark on series of demonstrations in northern Ghana over delays in allocating funds for the SADA projects to take off seriously. He maintained that Vice president John Dramani Mahama and all Ministers of northern extraction have been disingenuous to their kinsmen; hence NYUPED’s call for their resignation is still relevant. Prince Hardi Adam used the occasion and donated an appreciable quantity of assorted items to some selected Muslim Journalists to support them as they observe the month of Ramadan.
He appealed to particularly the youth of Tamale to shun politicians who use them to cause unnecessary tension in their communities and rather concentrate on productive ventures that will improve their wellbeing.