The Chief Executive Officer of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority, Alhaji Gilbert Seidu Iddi has assured citizens in the Northern part of the country that greening the region will remain a priority to the program as part of the many intervention carried out to bridge the Southern- Northern development gap. He said as far as the northern afforestation intervention project was concern SADA really meant business and nothing could stop the project. Alhaji Iddi who was addressing journalists in Bolgatanga in the Upper East region after inspecting some sites used for the pilot phase of the project said “Application forms will be sent to all district assemblies in the Upper East region for employment with each assembly recruiting not less than 100 prospective beneficiaries and will be put on pay rolls”. He added that all the districts will be given guidelines about how to choose where to plant but insisted SADA will protect water bodies as much as possible. The SADA boss announced that apart from creating employment for the youth, fire brigade groups will also be recruited to make sure the seedlings that are planted are not consumed by fire. He reminded Ghanaians that SADA is a non partisan organisation and has come to stay and so whatever intervention the program is making will continue to operate under any political administration. Alhaji Seidu Iddi was accompanied by officials of SADA and ACI Construction and Restoration, a private company partnering SADA to implement the Afforestation project. He visited planting sites at Pusu-namong, Winkogo and Via Dams in the Upper East region where he interacted with project coordinators and beneficiaries. Alhaji Iddi expressed his satisfaction with the level of implementation so far and urged all stakeholders to join hands in achieving its success.