The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has commissioned the newly constructed administration block of the North East Regional Coordinating Council in Nalerigu.
The inauguration of the facility which took place on Saturday, August 6, 2022, forms part of the President’s working visit to the North East Region.
It was constructed at a cost of over GH₵17 million and would house all the departments of the North-East Regional Co-ordinating Council and other Institutions to ensure smooth administering of the Region.
The block is included in the six newly administration structures being constructed for the six newly created Regions under the ruling government.
Meanwhile, a new regional office of the Youth Employment Agency for the North East Region was also commissioned by the President to add to the already completed ones in Oti, Western North, and Ahafo Regions.
President Akufo-Addo in his address noted that the creation of the new regions will bring the government closer to the people, and also accelerate the process of social and economic progress in the various regions.
“We can’t build the regions without creating the institutions that will make regional development a success, and that is what we have begun to do with this building.
“The Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Decentralisation, Daniel Botwe, was the very Minister who saw to the regional reconstruction, and that is why he has now been given the added responsibility over the decentralization exercise,” the president said.
Commenting on other key projects in the North East region since its creation, President Akufo-Addo underscored the significance of the developmental project to the people in the area.
“11 road projects have been completed in the North East region in my time, and 61 are ongoing.
“Reference has already been made to the work that has been done on the town roads in Nalerigu and Gambaga and in Walewale, bridges that are being built in the area, and the developments in the various important road connections, that there are in this region.
“But in all of these, there is one also important source of joy, and that is the elevation we have made for one of the daughters of the Nayiri, Member of Parliament for Walewa Lariba Zuwera Abudu, who has now become the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection. She is a hardworking woman and I have no doubt that she’s going to justify the confidence that I’ve got in her,” he explained.
