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Upper West Region, Upper East Region have failed to develop because of lack of clear development plan – Avea Nsoh

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Professor Ephraim Avea Nsoh, a former Upper West and Upper East Regional Minister has intimated that both regions have failed to reach their full potential in the area of development because of the lack of a clear plan.

Professor Nsoh, speaking on the development of the two regions after his tenure as Regional Minister of both regions on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East,  said to enhance regional development, there needs to be a clear development plan that has been properly documented.

After the process of planning and documentation, which should involve all necessary stakeholders, all relevant partners need to be properly engaged to know exactly what roles they are expected to play to further the course of development.

“You need to have a clear plan and path in your mind, then have the stakeholders who matter sit along that journey with them, then, development becomes much easier,” he explained.

He continued to say that once a clear path for development is developed and all stakeholders agree and commit to it, it becomes easier for donor agencies and development partners to provide resources to help achieve what has been developed.

In the Upper West Region, Professor Avea Nsoh cited the World Bank, Star Ghana and the German Development Cooperation (GiZ) as a few of the many institutions that supported the Region because of the clear path it decided to take.

The master plan to develop the Upper West Region was birthed after a meeting of professionals from diverse backgrounds, all political parties in the Upper West Region and the media.

Professor Avea Nsoh recounted that the idea to quickly develop the Upper West Region and address the issues of endemic poverty, thus the birth of the master plan, was one that was devoid of politics. He said each stakeholder played a key role notwithstanding which political ideology they subscribed to.

Professor Nsoh recounted that the media played a vital role in communicating the ideas of the master plan because of their involvement from the start.

“The media was critical to the plan because they knew what their roles were. We knew again, which kind of media we wanted to operate with. It was not to be selective but each media house, we knew their role and where they fitted into in terms of development,” he said.

A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana

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