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   VOLTA  REGIONAL  MINISTER   

Ho, Feb. 03, GNA - Mr Joseph Amenowode, Volta Regional Minister-Designate, on Monday, said his first priority would be to unite the people of the region while co-ordinating efforts at human development, job creation and improving the region's economy. "I would first want to break the compartmentalization of the region into Southern, Central and Northern Volta to forge a united front towards the accelerated development of the region."

Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, Mr Amenowode assured that he intended to work with everybody to reduce poverty in the region, provide jobs for young people and lessen rural urban migration. He said his administration would identify small scale industries and facilitate the availability of start-up capital for them to get established and be viable.

Mr Amenowode said artisans would be encouraged to form small groups so as to undertake "small contracts." He said he intended to work with Members of Parliament in the region and all Municipal and District Chief Executives in meeting promises made to the region including the establishment of a state university before the end of the first term of the Government.

Mr Amenowode said by 2012, he hoped to have changed the face of the region with improved infrastructure, many formal and informal educational and business opportunities with "no student learning under trees." He acknowledged that the task ahead was not going to be easy but was confident that with the support and patience of the people much would be achieved in the next four years.

        MINISTRY OF TOURISM      

 Juliana Azumah Mensah, (MP for Ho East)

  Tourism Minister designate predicts more tourist attractions

Ho, Jan 26, GNA - Mrs Juliana Azumah Mensah, Tourism Minister-designate on Monday indicated her resolve to see more tourists coming into the country once she took office.

She said she was fast studying her ministry to know its current position and to combine it with her experiences as a frequent traveller to make the country "tourist friendly".

Mrs Azumah Mensah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho-East was speaking in a telephone interview with the Ghana News Agency in Ho. She said the private sector, especially the hospitality industry, would be encouraged and assisted to provide "first class" services to tourists to firmly keep the country's reputation for hospitality. Mrs Azumah Mensah said she also intended to work towards improving tourism infrastructure and related services as well as easier access to tourism sites and locations.

She said she would fashion out programmes to boost domestic tourism and encourage frequent excursions for schoolchildren to encourage them to travel for sight-seeing.

Mrs Azumah Mensah hinted that the country's rich cultural festivals would be packaged in ways that would attract tourists. She commended President John Evans Atta Mills for the confidence reposed in her and called for collaboration from all stakeholders in the tourism industry to enhance its development.

         MINISTRY OF WOMEN

     AND CHILDREN`S AFFAIRS

Akua Sena Dansua, (MP for North Dayi)