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I’m afraid but Northerners lack collectiveness for growth especially the Frafra people – Prof Millar

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The Founder and Vice-Chancellor of the Millar Institute for Transdisciplinary and Development Studies (MITDS), Professor David Millar has noted that it is not strange that the developmental dispensation in the north zone is still struggling to catch up like other regions.

He says one of the numerous reasons is that people who are indigents still have the notion that investing in this part of the country is wasteful thinking and would rather do their business in the capital cities and towns.

They often say that why will they waste their time and resources to invest in the Upper East or Upper West Regions he stressed.

Professor Millar who was a guest panel on Day Break Upper East Show on A1 Radio, on the topic, bridging the developmental gap in the northern zone, the way forward on the agricultural sector noted that he has been giggled at for many years for establishing a private university in the Upper East Region.

He said “Many brothers have walked to me, asked me why do I have to make that mistake in establishing a private university in the Upper East Region. Will I recoup my money back? This is the usual question many usually ask me. But I always give them the answer that if the money was not there I would not have opened the school in the first place, and I do not think of getting my money back. You see, people who are supposed to be asking me how can they partner to help build the region with our little resources are rather indifferent. Many of the people in the northern zone do not have faith in the regions so how can it develops. Until they rethink and yank that notion off, the northern zone will continue to be backwards in terms of development.”

“We should always remember that government(s) alone can not bring all the amenities we deserve but with our little ways, we can and gradually increase and expand development”, he added.

The professor however noted that in his many years in the Upper East Region he has observed that the Guruni (frafra) people are the most selfish people and do not like teamwork for growth.

Part of that attitude among the people he believed are the cracks that are contributing to the backwards development experienced in the region.

He said “Sometimes they will often argue among themselves as to where a government project should be sited and by the time that they will finish arguing that project will be gone. Why are you doing this to yourself?”

Source: A1radioonline.co|101.1 MHz|Moses Apiah|Ghana

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2 COMMENTS

  1. The professor, s remark is just a frustrated kind. How can you just singled out a tribe to denigrate it this far? Your cry is just a frustrated scholar who chooses a narrow topic for his thesis only to run out of ideas too soon and decides to right all he knew about his childhood experiences . If not have you stayed with all other tribes to now come out to this opaque conclusion? Or you think siting a private university in a region that was long been neglected by colonial masters would have the resourxes to patronise your institutions so that you can make the money? Has south which is far developed than north been done so by the people themselves ? Or why should I come and establish a business where I know I would definitely flop because is not viable but to burden one from loans that I might have wrongly applied? To develop is not the responsible of only the indegines but all citizens as they mix up in a complex dynamism of human interactions and diverse interest. Is not the duty of the Ga people alone to develop Accra nor the Ashanti man to develop Kumasi but all including foreigners . I dont know your area of studies but you have flopped big time, selfish, hate and pain has come to settle in your heart leading to an out pour of venom. Shame for you to measure development by this narrow standards.

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