RURAL TECHNOLOGY FACILITY FOR SALAGA (PAGE 20)

THE first Rural Technology Facility for the northern sector has been established at Salaga in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region.
The facility, which cost GH¢160,000, is the 12th of its kind to be set up in the country.
It would provide critical rural base engineering services to people in the East, West and Central Gonja and the Zabzugu districts.
The government, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the African Development Bank funded the project.
The Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development and PSI, Madam Gifty Ohene Konadu, explained that the facility had a technical backing from the GRATIS Foundation.
She expressed the hope that the establishment of the facility would significantly help in the training of master artisans and also equip the youth with employable skills.
The Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing and an MP for the area, Alhaji Boniface Abubakar Saddique, stated that the establishment of the centre had given credence to the government's determination to develop the human and infrastructural base of the country for accelerated socio-economic growth.
For his part, the Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris, advised the people to patronise the facility to get the maximum benefits it would offer.
He said plans to tar the Makango-Salaga-Tamale roads were on course, as the government was sourcing funds for its take-off.
Alhaji Idris also inaugurated a new police post and a staff bungalow for the police at Salaga.
The East Gonja District Assembly constructed the police station at a cost of GH¢170,000.
The regional minister urged the leadership of the various ethnic groups in the area to sustain the existing peace by co-operating with the police to ensure law and order.
“Maintaining security in this growing society must be a joint undertaking among chiefs, the assembly, the community and security agencies,” he stated.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for the area, Mr Amadu Musah Abudu, commended the Kpembewura, Alhaji Haruna Kibasibe, for releasing land for the technology project.
He stated that the provision of the modern office and bungalow were aimed at motivating the police to offer their best.