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A former Northern Regional Minister in the erstwhile Kufuor and his New Patriotic Party, NPP-led administration, Prince Andani Imoro, has stated the NPP is poised to revitalize the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority, SADA, to bring extensive development to the three regions in the north if given the nod to govern the country in the December 7 polls.

According to him, unlike the NDC, a Nana Akufo Addo government will not countenance any corrupt scandal in SADA, pledging the party is resolved to implement sound developmental policies to bridge the development gap between the north and the south.

Mr. Imoro was addressing participants at a national forum on transformation of the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone organised by the coalition of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs in Bolgatanga of the Upper East Region.

Mr. Imoro who represented the NPP presidential candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, promised the NPP was resolved to thoroughly transform SADA if they got the presidential mandate in the upcoming December general elections.

He hinted the NPP had planned changing the name of SADA to Northern Development Authority, a decision he said, was taken by the party after broad consultations with distinguished stakeholders in the country.

"We are changing the name from SADA to the Northern Development Authority, so we can concentrate on the developmental lapses confronting the north. We are taking out the northern part of the Volta Region and the Brong Ahafo Region from SADA because we need to bring total development to the north", he said.

While asking Ghanaians to rise up to support give Nana Akufo Addo and the capitalist NPP a one-touch victory in the December crucial race, he said the party was also sensitive to the rural farmer, hence it would restore the subsidies on fertilizers which had been scrapped by the NDC government.

Touching on other campaign promises captured in the NPP manifesto, Mr. Imoro said, " the one village, one dam promise will be delivered if we get power. The one district, one factory is also going to see the light of the day", adding the NDC which is the main opponent of the party had no message for Ghanaians after leaving the country at the mercy of corruption and turbulent economic crisis.

The Chief Executive Officer, CEO of SADA, Dr. Charles Abugre, assured the new board members of SADA were leaving no stone unturned to rebound the organisation to mass up development for the northerners.

He pledged the institution under his stewardship, would commit to put the interests of the north first, adding he would not tolerate any misappropriation of funds and extravagant expenditure in the organisation.

"The board members of the old SADA has been totally overhauled because of the financial malfeasance. I, therefore, plead with you (Ghanaians) to repose confidence in the new management", he appealed, stressing agricultural activities in the north would witness a great transformation should SADA took off.

The presidential candidate of the Convention People's Party, CPP, Dr. Ivor Kwabena Greenstreet and the presidential nominee of the ruling NDC, president John Dramani Mahama are yet to avail themselves before the organisers to unveil their plans towards the transformation of SADA if given the nod in the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections.