Creation of Zongo and inner-city development secretariat is a novelty, says coordinator
Banda believes the initiative is a testament and a clear demonstration of governments commitment to bring development to people in deprived communities
The coordinator of the Zongo and Inner-Cities Development Secretariat (ZICDS), Ben Abdallah Banda has said the establishment of the secretariat is novelty in Ghana’s history.
Banda believes the initiative is a testament and a clear demonstration of the government’s commitment to bring development to people in deprived communities.
“For the government to have taken such a step, it means that, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government has been very visionary, progressive and dynamic because Zongo has been in existence even before independence,” Banda said on TownHall Talk on Asaase 99.5 on Friday (6 April).
“And no government has taken it upon itself to create such an institution to spearhead developmental agenda of people living in Zongo,” he told host Caleb Ahinakwah.
Listen to Ben Abdallah Banda in the attached audio clip below:
About ZICDS
The Zongo and Inner-Cities Development Secretariat was created in 2021 in an effort by the President to restructure the government.
The secretariat maintains the resolve of addressing the socio-economic distress and the specific needs of Inner-City and Zongo Communities in Ghana.
The strategic policy priorities of the Secretariat which informed the mandate, vision, and mission, are guided by the Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies of Ghana (CPESDP) (2017-2024), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the National Medium Term Development Policy Framework (NMTDPF).
Reporting by Fred Dzakpata in Accra
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