70% of the hydrocarbon reserves in the northern belt for crude oil development are in the Savannah Region.

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Presently, the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is looking at ways to use the hydrocarbon reserves in the area to produce petroleum.

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The region also boasts significant gold deposits, particularly on its western side, as well as granite, enormous clinker deposits for cement manufacture in Buipe, and 100,000 hectares of fertile ground for farming.Therefore, the Regional Coordinating Council (RCC) would foster an atmosphere that is favorable to investors and assist them in acquiring land for investments.

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Mr Muhazu Saeed Jibril, the Savannah Regional Minister, made this known during a media encounter in Accra on Sunday dubbed: The Minister’s Press Briefing on the State of the Regional Reports”.

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The Minister said the RCC would explore the manufacturing, mining, agricultural and tourism potentials of the Region through public-private partnerships to accelerate the growth of the local economy for job creation and eradicate poverty.

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He highlighted key agricultural, health, road and educational infrastructure as well as the Government’s flagship policies and programmes being implemented in the Region.

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In all, 80 educational infrastructure projects including classroom blocks and dormitories were ongoing, 37 health projects such as hospitals under Agenda 111, community-based health posts and clinics were under construction and three warehouses for food storage as well as 1,424,526 improved seedlings were distributed to 18,349 farmers in the Region.

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Damongo, Salaga and Daboya town roads were also being asphalted while the Ghana Highways Authority and the Feeder Roads Department had been undertaking routine maintenance of urban and feeder roads across the Region.

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“We’re putting so much resources and expertise in place to ensure that the Savannah Region is calm and peaceful because that is the only way we would be appealing enough and can attract investors,” Mr Jibri opined.

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“No investor would be attracted to a situation of conflict, violence and insecurity. By extension, no development takes place in a situation of insecurity,” the Minister added.

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In that regard, Mr Jibril said the Regional Security Council (RESEC) had been engaging with its counterparts in the Northern Region to resolve land boundary disputes between traditional authorities following the creation of the Region in 2019.

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The Minister for instance, mentioned some land and boundary litigations between some traditional authorities; which result in occasional tribal clashes such as Nanton Naa in Nanton District in the Northern Region and Kikpandi Wura in the North East Gonja District of the Savannah Region.

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The Wasipewura in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region and Tolon Naa in the Tolon district of the Northern Region.

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“I’m convinced that with peace and unity, the Savannah Region will become a beacon of development for the nation,” Mr Jibril emphasised.

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