President John Dramani Mahama has assured the people of the Savannah Region and the Bole-Bamboi Constituency of the resumption of work on the long-abandoned College of Education at Doli, near Bole will resume later this year.
Addressing the chiefs and people of the Savannah Region during his one day thank you tour of the Savannah Region on Saturday June 14th,2025 at the Jakpa Palace in Damongo, President Mahama indicated that the project was initiated during his previous administration but abandoned following the coming into office the NPP government in 2017.
“Work on the abandoned college of education at Doli near Bole which was begun under my previous administration will resume this year,” he declared.
Still on education in the region, President Mahama has hinted of the plans of the NDC government to establish a new public university in the Savannah Region, fulfilling a key pledge in the National Democratic Congress (NDC)’s 2024 manifesto.
He said the initiative is part of the government’s commitment to expand access to higher education by establishing public universities in each of the six newly created regions.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has announced the formal absorption of the Savannah College of Education in Daboya into the public education system.
The move, according to him forms part of his administration’s broader strategy to enhance teacher training and expand access to quality education in newly created and historically underserved areas.
“To support teacher development, I’m pleased to announce that the Savannah College of Education in Daboya, which was previously a private-community initiative, has now been officially absorbed as a public teacher training institution,” he stated.
He added that he had directed both the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to fast-track the recruitment of teaching and administrative staff, and to prioritise infrastructure development at the college.
The President still on some exciting developments for the Savanna Region mentioned the following plans in the pipeline that will soon Kickstart in the region to accelerate development:
1. Tinga to get a STEM-model Senior High School
2. Techima-Wa road rehabilitation underway
3. Savanna Regional Hospital to be located in Damongo
4. Road construction in Sawla-Tuna-Kalba (STK)
5. Damongo water crisis to be resolved
6. Daboya Bridge commissioning imminent
7. Sawla-Fofulso road to undergo massive rehabilitation
8. University of Allied Health Sciences in Damongo
9. Daboya Community College of Education fully absorbed by government
10. Salaga to get an ultra-modern TVET senior high school
The overlord of the Gonja Kingdom Yagbonwura Biikunuto Jewu Soale I in an address also touched on some developmental challenges in the Region that is retarding developmental in the Savannah Region and appealed to President Mahama to help fix them.
