The Upper West Regional Minister, Mr Charles Lwanga Puozuing, has promised to operate an open-door adminis­tration, to allow all well-meaning people to contribute to the region's development.

He urged the people to make concerted efforts to propel rapid development in the region. "We need to support and assist each other to ensure the Upper West Region becomes attractive to all of us," Mr Lwanga said, when some people visited him at the resi­dency in Wa at the weekend.

Staff of the Upper West Regional Coordinating Council (RCC), Regional and Constituency Exec­utives of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), party faithfuls and sympathisers welcomed the Minister to the region.

The minister indicated that though the region had a 10-year plan to guide development, he would ensure reassessment of the scheme to ensure it meet the cur­rent priorities of the region.