An aggregate of 40% of Ghanaians want government to scrap the Savana Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) programme, as well as the Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Agency, (GYEEDA).
This is according to findings of a research conducted by IMANI Center for Policy Education.
The findings, published by the think tank today [Thursday], specifically said some 25.12% of the 10,020 Ghanaians surveyed want SADA to be scrapped.
While 16% want the GYEEDA programme discontinued, 12% want the freeze on employment lifted.
Some 7% of the respondents called for the discontinuation of the LEAP programme, while another 6% want a scrapping of the free school uniform, free exercise books and free education policies of the government.
The respondents surveyed also listed a number of government policies they would want to be continued by the government of 2017.
SADA wasted funds
With a 5-year business plan which begun in 2012, expected to end in 2016, SADA cannot boast of any significant achievement after some 32 million cedis allocated to it, failed to produce the desired results due to mismanagement and corruption.
This forced President John Dramani Mahama to replace its chief executive as well as the board, to steer the affairs of the agency.
The agency is expected to retrieve monies wasted and unaccounted for by the previous management, and possibly prosecute officials who caused the losses, but that is yet to happen.
Report on SADA’s expenses most disgraceful – Atta Kyea
At a recent sitting of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, the Vice Chairman of the Committee, Samuel Atta Akyea, described as disgraceful, the high level of financial impropriety uncovered in the accounts of the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) by the Auditor General in 2013 and 2014.
About SADA
The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), is a government agency responsible for coordinating a comprehensive development agenda for the savanna ecological zones comprising the three northernmost regions and stretches of Brong Ahafo and Volta, that are contiguous to the Northern region of Ghana.
Its mandate is to assist in the development of agriculture and industry in the region to help lessen the disparity between its development and that found elsewhere in the country. Savannah Accelerated Development Authority was established by an Act of Parliament; SADA Act 805 on 17 September 2010, with its first Chief Executive Officer appointed in October 2011.
The IMANI survey
A total of 10,020 respondents drawn from all the ten regions in Ghana were sampled for the survey.
The objectives of the survey were as follows:
- To weigh the level of interest of prospective voters on matters of national importance
- To seek to highlight which issues Ghanaian voters are passionate or care most about
- To determine if there are patterns among common interests
- To determine if there are any trends of note across the country with regards to issues
- To estimate whether the weight of an issue can tilt higher voter responses in a particular direction
IMANIFESTO 2016
IMANI Ghana has in the last few weeks analyzed campaign promises made by political parties, some on campaign platforms, and others in their manifesto.
The policy think tank observed that, out of the 247 promises made collectively by six major political parties in the country, only 18 can be assessed.
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By: Umaru Sanda Amadu/citifmonline.com/Ghana