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The Young Patriots, a youth wing of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) is questioning the genuineness of reports that an amount of GHC100m has been paid into the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) account. The group insists figures bandied about by the Vice-President John Dramani Mahama and his subsequent handing over a cheque are merely symbolic and a hoax. In a statement issued by the Young Patriots, the group is demanding a full publication of the statement of accounts of SADA to resolve what it claims to be �deceit of the people of the three Northern Regions�. The group is also demanding that the full amount of GHC 500m is put into SADA account before the end of the month of April; otherwise they will continue with their street agitations �to press home the need for government to address this gargantuan failure and deceit of the masses�. �In several interviews with the media since we started our protest, Mr Gilbert Iddi granted interviews to the effect that SADA has some GHC 130m in its account and that the Vice President had handed over the said GHC100m as promised. In one such interview, he went to the extent of explaining what the money was being used for...It is therefore mindboggling that a couple of weeks after these interviews, the Vice President is presenting the said cheque that has already been paid,� the group said. Below is the statement issued by the Young Patriots.