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New Patriotic Party (NPP) executives in the Ho Central constituency have expressed concern about the slow pace of work in establishing a new university for the Volta Region. Addressing a press conference to react to claims by National Democratic Congress (NDC) constituency executives in the area that President Kufuor failed to develop the region in his eight-year rule, the NPP executives claimed government is yet to secure lands at the proposed site for the construction of the university. A Research Officer at the Ho constituency of the NPP Paul Abba told Joy News the construction �has remained an illusion.� He also said land earmarked for the project is being encroached upon by private developers. �As we all sit here today the bill for the establishment of the university has not even been sent to Parliament for consideration before accreditation yet a promise to begin in September 2011 continues to sound in our ears,� he said. The NDC government has promised to build a university for the region during the electioneering campaign. Some residents, especially the youth, are thought to have voted for the NDC because of the promise to give them a place to pursue higher learning.