– Prof Augustine Tanle The poverty line in the north which functions as the primary driver for migration down south is more of structural problems than the lack of resources, a Professor of Migration and Refugee Studies at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Augustine Tanle, has actually stated. He has, for that reason, required some purposeful actions to develop development poles that utilize on the large arable land in the northern part of the nation to deal with the north-south migration. “The reason for the north-south seasonal labour migration is because of extensive hardship, bad physical attributes and distinctions in socio-economic chances and infrastructural advancement connected to the policies started by the British colonial federal government and sustained by succeeding post-independence federal governments. There is for that reason the requirement to modernise farming capitalising on the huge arable land in the 5 areas in northern Ghana to increase food production, develop work and likewise lower hardship in the location,” he stressed. Prof. Tanle was speaking at an inaugural lecture on the subject: “Interrogating north-south seasonal migration in Ghana as an income technique” at the UCC on Wednesday. He kept in mind that the federal government’s flagship programs such as Planting for Food and Jobs might partially attend to the obstacle, nevertheless, it should be without the partisan and political rhetorics. The teacher for that reason gotten in touch with the federal government to assist in the development of development poles in locations such as Wa, Tamale, Bolgatanga, Damongo and Nalerigu, worrying that “these might work as advancement points so that the peripheral locations might be appealing for more advancement.” “The requirement for mindful efforts to broaden socio-economic chances and infrastructural advancement in northern Ghana is long past due,” he stressed. Discussing the Sustainable Development Goals, he stated the nation was most likely to lose out on 5 of the objectives due to the north-south inequality in the nation. He stated the concentration of advancement efforts in the southern sector added to a boost in the level of hardship in the 5 areas in the north, which made it overwhelming towards accomplishing a few of the targets under the SDGs.”Development in between the southern and northern sector perpetuate hardship due to the level of inequality,” he stated. He pointed out SDGs one, 2, 4, 6 and 10 as the primary targets the nation might miss out on due to its advancement trajectory for many years leading to increment of hardship in the 5 areas in the northern part of the nation. In regards to hardship decrease which falls under SDG one, he stated, southern Ghana was doing much better than northern Ghana, stating, “If we are stated to accomplish objective one, it might become part of the nation and not the whole nation”. FROM DAVID O. YARBOI-TETTE, CAPE COAST Read Next July 21, 2023 Demonstrate you are genuine patriots of Ghana … Fifi Kwetey charges NDC youth July 21, 2023 Ghana’s development capacity: Economy to recover after 2025– WB report July 21, 2023 Goldfields Foundation invest $96m dollars in 19 host neighborhoods July 21, 2023 National Medical Oxygen policy introduced July 21, 2023 PAC orders Accra Digital Centre to force out residents … for breach of occupancy contract July 21, 2023 Address chieftaincy disagreement in between Mallam Futa, Odio Kwao households– Nima Chiefs July 21, 2023 GNPC turn over centers to recipient c’nities in C/R July 21, 2023 Local Govt Ministry introduces home travel study July 21, 2023 Interior Ministry rejects expulsion of Burkinabe asylum candidates July 21, 2023 Imam Alhassan applauds King Mohammed VI for arranging seminar on Fatwa
Produce 5 development poles in the north to speed up devt– Prof. Tanle
