The Northern Development Authority will, in the coming weeks, advertise in the national dailies for would-be applicants to bid for projects under the One Village, One Dam program – a flagship campaign promise of the New Patriotic Party.

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, who announced this at the 69th Annual New Year School and Conference in Accra on Monday, 15 January, said that the bidding process would be transparent and called on all qualified companies to put in their bid when the time comes for a successful project.

This Year’s New Year School and Conference is on the theme: “Job Creation for Accelerated National Development: The Role of the Private Sector.”

Acknowledging the importance of the theme, the Vice President noted that the high unemployment rate, is the key and most pressing issue facing the country currently, maintaining that the government is putting in measures to deal with it.

According to him, unemployment is a national security issue, which he assured that the government will not look on for it to degenerate into something else.

Vice President Bawumia stated, this is why the President has placed job creation as the number one priority of government. It goes without saying, however, that the government’s role is to put in place the enabling environment for the private sector to drive job creation,”.

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