11 September 2008 Nana Akufo-Addo makes to the three northern regions a…US$ 1 billion Pledge

Nana Akufo-Addo
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, presidential candidate of the NPP has pledged one billion US dollars for the Northern Development Fund to cater for development in the three northern regions and bridge the gap between the south and the north under his administration.

He said his administration would come out with a comprehensive development plan for the transformation of the Upper West, East and Northern Regions.
”I would put one billion dollars into the Northern Development Fund as seed capital to cater for the development of roads, construction of small scale dams and harvesting of rain water to modernize agriculture,” he said.


Nana Akufo-Addo made the pledge when addressing a rally at Wa as part of his four day tour of Upper West Region to introduce himself to the