Mr. Philip Abayori, president of the National Farmers and Fishermen Association of Ghana. (NFFAWAG), has stated that the best way to address the poverty issue in the three northern regions is by empowering the people instead of lavishing them with money.
He noted that in spite of numerous efforts in the past years towards addressing the poverty situation in the northern part of the country the problem still persisted.
He said that the three northern regions abounded in fertile land and river bodies, as well as hard-working people, “what the people need is empowerment to bring them out of their poverty.”
“You can give the people huge sums of money but without empowerment, there will be no positive results, and they will still come back to their poverty,” he said in Accra on Monday.
When making a contribution at a ‘Development policy dialogue’ organised by the World Bank in collaboration with UNDP, UNICEF and DFID.
It was on the theme Reaching the poor in Ghana – Trends, instruments and the way forward.
He also said that the rural-urban drift could be curbed if appropriate technology was introduced to the people to embark on large-scale farming and animal rearing.
Dr. Sulley Gariba, a Development Policy Advisor on Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), said the northern Ghana was not completely poor as perceived by some people but called for the provision of basic infrastructure for them.
That, he said, would attract other people with expertise to move up north to contribute help develop there.
Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu, Director, Real Sector Division, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, said the government was committed to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
He noted that in spite of numerous efforts in the past years towards addressing the poverty situation in the northern part of the country the problem still persisted.
He said that the three northern regions abounded in fertile land and river bodies, as well as hard-working people, “what the people need is empowerment to bring them out of their poverty.”
“You can give the people huge sums of money but without empowerment, there will be no positive results, and they will still come back to their poverty,” he said in Accra on Monday.
When making a contribution at a ‘Development policy dialogue’ organised by the World Bank in collaboration with UNDP, UNICEF and DFID.
It was on the theme Reaching the poor in Ghana – Trends, instruments and the way forward.
He also said that the rural-urban drift could be curbed if appropriate technology was introduced to the people to embark on large-scale farming and animal rearing.
Dr. Sulley Gariba, a Development Policy Advisor on Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), said the northern Ghana was not completely poor as perceived by some people but called for the provision of basic infrastructure for them.
That, he said, would attract other people with expertise to move up north to contribute help develop there.
Dr. Alhassan Iddrisu, Director, Real Sector Division, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, said the government was committed to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.
