The Coalition of Chiefs for the Creation of BONO EAST REGION has plans to formulate a Development Agenda for the new Bono East Region. This was revealed by the Executive Secretary, Prof. Ameyaw Akumfi, at the first coordinating committee meeting after the referendum, that was held at Kintampo.
The Executive Secretary said, there is going to be a forum of technocrats, representatives of various political parties, chiefs from various traditional councils and other major stakeholders who will solicit for views from people in order to arrive at a common Development Agenda for the Bono East region.
Prof. Ameyaw Akumfi who doubles as the board chairman for the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund (GIIF), charged the youth who he said are the future leaders to put more thought into this Development Agenda and suggest fresh ideas. He said the young people should express ideas about the development agenda for Bono East through all available media.
Prof. Ameyaw Akumfi said the development agenda will mainly focus on general infrastructure development, educational development, health development, agriculture development, and more importantly human resource development in BONO EAST AREA. He urged all people within the Bono East area to remain united even as they express diverse views about where the regional capital should be sited.
Prof. Ameyaw Akumfi said, this Development Agenda should fit into the overall national Development Agenda by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). This Development Agenda will therefore be done with ideas from all political parties, civil societies and several stakeholders within the Bono East area.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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THE CALL FOR BONO EAST DEVELOPMENT IN NATIONAL AGENDA SHOULD BECOME KEY TO SELECT A CAPITAL FOR THE NEW REGION AND HOPEFULLY FOR THE NATION IN THE FUTURE. I ALSO APPRECIATE THE CALL FOR JAW JAW AND NOT WAR WAR, AS SOME DO IN SOME PART OF GHANA TO RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES. FOR THOSE WHO SUGGEST KINTAMPO TO BECOME THE CAPITAL BECAUSE OF IT CENTRAL LOCALITY, THEY ARE WRONG. KINTAMPO IS CENTRAL TO GHANA BUT NOT TO BONO EAST REGION. TECHIMAN MUST BE OUT OF CONSIDERATION BECAUSE IT IS TIME TO MOVE AWAY FROM OLD MENTALITY AND STATUS QUO, AND BUILD NEW AND MODERN CITIES. IN THAT SENSE IS IS BETTER TO AVOID ANY OF THE BIG PLACES BEING SUGESTED. WHEN SUNYANI BECAME THE CAPITAL IT WAS NOT THE BIGGEST PLACE IN BONO AHAFO. BREKUM, DORMAA AND OTHER PLACES WERE BIGGER THAN SUNYANI. SUNYANI WAS SELECTED BECAUSE IT WAS STRATEGICALLY LOCATED TO SERVE MULTIPURPOSE NEEDS FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE ENTIRE REGION. IT ALSO ENABLED THE GOVERNMENT TO BUILD SUNYANI TO BECOME THAT NICE CITY WE HAVE TODAY. AND SO WAS KOFORIDUA AND HO. NOT TOO LONG AGO SUNYANI WAS JUDGED THE CLEANEST CITY IN GHANA. A CAPITAL FOR ANY OF THE NEW REGIONS SHOULD NOT BE CITED IN ANY OF THE COMMERCIAL CENTERS WHICH HAVE BECOME SO DIRTY, POLLUTED AND MISSHAPED. WE NEED MODERN AND CLEAN CITIES. SO IT CANNOT BE TECHIMAN, KINTAMPO, NKORANZA NOR ATEBUBU. IF ABEASE HAS A GOOD LAND AROUND TO DEVELOP A NEW CITY SO BE IT. THOUGH THE NEW CAPITAL SHOULD NOT BE TOO FAR FROM TECHIMAN, NKORANZA, KINTANPO AND ATEBUTU IT SHOULD NEVER BE AT ANY OF THEM FOR THEY ARE ALREADY CHOKED AND AND MISSHAPED. GHANA MUST MOVE AWAY FROM KUMASI AND ACCRA TYPE OF CITIES TO ABUJA ONE. IN VIEW OF THAT THE NEW CAPITAL MUST BE CITED IN A PLACE WHERE MODERN CITY THAT, IN THE COURSE OF TIME, WOULD BECOME THE CAPITAL OF GHANA. ALL IN BONO EAST MUST DEPART FROM THEIR MYOPIC AND SHORT SIGHTED VIEWS AND THINK BIG BEYOND THEIR CAGES.NO CITY IN GHANA SHOULD BE TRIBALLY CLASSIFIED. IT IS TIME FOR US TO THINK NATIONAL AND UNIVERSAL RATHER THAN TRIBAL AND ETHNIC. WE HAVE BRONX, MANHATTAN, BROOKLYN AND OTHER BIG CITIES IN NEW YORK STATE WITH HUGE INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT. NONE OF THEM IS THE CAPITAL OF NEW YORK STATE BUT ALBANY. GOVERNANCE SHOULD NOT BE OVERSHADOWED BY COMMERCE AND NOISE. GOD BLESS GHANA AND OUR LEADERS TO THINK RIGHT. POP