THE Western Regional Minister, Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, has called for holistic approach and a comprehensive plan towards the utilisation of revenue to be accrued from the oil find for the maximum benefit of the region and the country at large.
He was not happy that some metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies, as well as traditional rulers in the region, were developing individual proposals which would enable them to benefit from the oil find.
“Every district and individual people are developing their own proposal towards the utilisation of the oil revenue,” he observed.
Mr Aidoo was speaking at the senior citizens day to mark this year’s Republic Day celebration in Sekondi.
“We have struck. Think of how to use the oil revenue for the development of the region and the country as a whole,” he said.
The regional minister called on the people irrespective of their political leaning, as well as the media, to focus on how to use the oil revenue for the socio-economic transformation of the country.
He stressed that individuals’ selfish interests and divisive tendencies would not help in maximising the oil revenue for the development of the country.
“All should unite to focus on how to use the oil revenue,” he said, adding that the Regional Co-ordinating Council would organise a workshop to deliberate on how best the region would derive maximum benefit from the oil revenue.
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