The Upper East Regional Minister, James Tiigah, has said conflicts are the major obstacles to development in the country, particularly, in the three Regions of the North.<\/p>\n
The Regional Minister who was addressing the Second Annual FAO Festival, celebrated by the chiefs and people of the Chiana Traditional Area of the Upper East Region, stated that the three northern regions would have experienced more development without conflicts.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”QaadYkrdwn4bETiEqK4LqGnGpTjCvm3J”]He advised the people to team up and fight against poverty, illiteracy and diseases, which he noted, were their common enemies instead of fighting among themselves.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe three Regions in the North are the most deprived areas and our plight will continue to worsen if we continue to engage in unnecessary violent conflicts, which do not bring any positive development,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo development partner will like to invest in conflict zones. We must desist from such negative engagement,\u201d the Regional Minister emphasized.<\/p>\n
The Paramount Chief of the Chiana Traditional Area, Pe Ditundini Adiali Ayagitam 111, said he decided to maintain the previous year\u2019s theme, \u201cPeace and Reconciliation for Development\u201d, because the Traditional Council\u2019s efforts to effectively unite all feuding factions after his enskinment had not been fully successful.<\/p>\n
He however, assured the Regional Minister that the Council was working feverishly to resolve all petty conflicts in the area to pave the way for development, stressing, \u201cWithout peace, I, (myself) cannot rule successfully to bring development to my people\u201d.<\/p>\n
He lauded the efforts of the Government for providing an eye clinic, a boarding school, ambulance service, a police vehicle and the Rural Electrification Project among others for the area.<\/p>\n
He however, appealed for a new District to be created in the area as Paga, the District Capital of Kassena Nankana West, was too far.<\/p>\n
He also appealed for boreholes, the construction of more dams, and the rehabilitation of old dams, to help the people have potable water during the dry season and for irrigation farming.<\/p>\n
He asked the people in the area to invest in the education of their children because it was the best investment and advised teachers to offer their best to the children to help enhance the human resource development of the area and the country as a whole.<\/p>\n
The FAO Festival is celebrated by the Chiefs and people of the area to express their thanks to God for good harvest. It is also used as a platform for the re-unification of the people.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Upper East Regional Minister, James Tiigah, has said conflicts are the major obstacles to development in the country, particularly, in the three Regions of the North. The Regional Minister who was addressing the Second Annual FAO Festival, celebrated by the chiefs and people of the Chiana Traditional Area of the Upper East Region, stated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":54029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[55,17],"yoast_head":"\n