A well-known social activist Mr. Yen Nyeya has revealed, that one of the top-notch reasons why the north and more especially Upper East Region is underdeveloped was as a result of the activities of the colonial authorities. Apexnewsgh.com report
Mr. Nyeya made the interesting revelation during an exclusive interview with Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com on Friday, February 3, 2023.
Answering a question about the underdevelopment bedeviling the Upper East region, the social activist said: “When it comes to the Upper East Region or the north in particular, what happened is that during the colonial rule, the north specifically was created as a reservoir of labour. That meant that the colonial authorities by time realized that they were numerous natural resources. So, the idea was to preserve the north as a labour force to go down to the south and provide labour for the south, so that the colonial authorities will extract as much wealth as possible. So, the north was deliberately underdeveloped and that is why up till now, you would find out that a lot of people from the north especially the Upper East Region go down to the south to work. He explained
He further added, that region only witnessed some developmental projects after independence, “we were lucky that we had Dr. Kwame Nkrumah who was much more developmental and he brought about Free Education, Free Medical Health and we have even found out that he even set up factories in this region. We had the Meat Factory, we had the Tomatoes Factory, we had the Rice Mill and he made Bolgatanga the capital because incidentally, Bolgatanga is the center of the town”.
Unfortunately for us, there was a coup on 24th February 1966 and Nkrumah’s big projects stopped until Achampong came. Mr. Nyeya to Apexnewsgh.com
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