The Akan Proverb teaches us that “Sε wo krom pεtε di wo nam a’ ebi ka,” to wit, if the vulture from your hometown eats your flesh, it leaves some. But the elite of Northern Ghana have demonstrated with the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) that some merciless home-based vultures do not only finish the flesh but they also chew the bones as well. When the President John Evans Atta Mills’ administration gave birth to SADA (NDF copied from the NPP) in fulfillment of their 2008 manifesto, SADA was handed over to Northerners as managers. Though a few districts of Northern Volta and Brong Ahafo Regions are beneficiaries, the main beneficiaries of SADA are the three regions of the North. Then Vice President, John Dramani Mahama, was very instrumental in the implementation of SADA. Dr Sulley Gariba, who was a Senior Policy Advisor at the office of the Vice President, and made a number of presentations to this effect. Eventually, Sulley Gariba, became part of the four who drew up the SADA policy. The remaining three policy gurus who put together the policy with Dr Gariba, are Northerners. In the beginning of the SADA story, it was an all-northerners’ affair. Apart from Vicky Okine, P.V. Obeng and Akwasi Addae Boahene, all the board members of SADA, including the Chairman, Alhassan Andani, are northerners. In another instance, all the management team members of SADA are Northerners, apart from the Director of Finance. All the consultants of SADA are Northerners. All the service providers of SADA are northerners, and I am referring to the individuals whose companies implement SADA’s projects and programmes. So in effect, it is fair to say that it is the Northerners who have messed us up. The government ministers (Haruna Iddrisu and Mahama Ayariga) who have tried to rubbish the report and defend the mess are Northerners. The President who is overseeing the mess and the imminent collapse of SADA is a northerner. #Mahama_Is_A_Thief #Sad_Sada_Story #Part_One_1
Posted on: Sun, 11 Jan 2015 19:21:19 +0000
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