By Jerry Azanduna/Maxwell Adarkwah
Techiman, (Bono East) Feb. 17, GNA – Mr Francis Owusu Antwi, the Bono East Regional Minister says President John Dramani Mahama has prioritised economic development and assured the people of the region’s commitment to spur progressive growth and prosperity to achieve the vision of the President.
“We are putting in place realistic socio-economic interventions that will facilitate rapid economic development in the region,” he told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview at Techiman, regional capital on Monday.
“Improving the economic status of the people remains the surest way to develop them,” he stated, saying sectors including the markets, roads, and health were prioritised areas for now to speed the development of the region.
Mr Antwi said the region was also taking steps to tackle the emerging fire outbreaks in the region too, saying the trend of fire outbreaks remained a source of worry to him, because many market women had lost their livelihoods to the outbreaks.
“The Regional Security Council is meeting to find lasting solutions and to curb the recurring market fires,” he stated, urging traders and market women to rewire their shops and do away with the obsolete wiring systems which partly contributed to the recurring fire outbreaks.
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