BONABOTO, a non-partisan association of citizens from Bolgatanga, Nangodi, Bongo, Tongo, Zuarungu, and surrounding areas, has called on both the government and mining companies operating in the Upper...
BONABOTO, a non-partisan association of citizens from Bolgatanga, Nangodi, Bongo, Tongo, Zuarungu, and surrounding areas, has called on both the government and mining companies operating in the Upper East region to collaborate in the construction of an airport for the region.
.The group believes that such an initiative will not only open up the Upper East Region but also stimulate economic growth and development.
.The National President of BONABOTO, Professor Samuel Awinkine Atintono, emphasized the importance of collaboration between the government and mining companies for the realization of the airport project.
.We call on the government and all development partners, especially the mining companies, to ensure that they support us to have the airport constructed within the shortest possible time to open up the region.”
.Successive governments have failed to construct an airport for the people of the Upper East region, after an attempt at a 120-meter runway was constructed in 1995 at the Sumbrungu community in the Bolgatanga municipality.
He called on feuding factions of the Bawku skin and the Bolgatanga chieftaincy dispute to allow peace to prevail in the region so that development such as the construction of an airport could be realized.
He said the traditional council has drafted a corporate social responsibility document for the two large-scale mining companies operating in the district to ensure the district and the region get sustainable development out of the gold mined.
