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(1)Without limiting section 11, the Authority shall establish a Stakeholder Co-ordinating Committee which shall provide the mechanism for

(a) effective stakeholder ownership of the policies and programmes of the Authority, and

(b) effective co-operation among public sector agencies, the private sector as well as organizations of civil society concerned directly or indirectly with issues of social and economic development of the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone.

(2) The Committee shall serve as an advisory body to review plans and also provide stakeholders input into policies, programmes and projects of the Authority.

(3) The Stakeholder Co-ordinating Committee comprises

(a) Regional Ministers in the participating regions with each Regional Minister acting as a chairperson and convener on rotation;

(b) one chief from each region in the Northern Savannah nominated by the Regional House of Chiefs;

(c) one person each from the Regional Economic Planning Units of the participating regions in the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone;

(d) one representative from each region in the Northern Savannah from a non-governmental development organization nominated by a forum of non-governmental organizations in the region;

(e) one representative from each region in the north from the private sector nominated by the private sector forum in that region;

 (f) three representatives from a District Assembly, one of whom is a presiding member, a planning officer and the other a District Chief Executive nominated by the regional grouping of District Assemblies;

(g) two persons representing northern Ghanaian opinion leaders resident in other parts of the country nominated by the forum of northern Ghanaians;

(h) one representative from each region in the north representing women's groups nominated by a forum of women's organizations; and

(i) three persons representing the University of Development Studies, research and other tertiary educational institutions in the programme areas nominated by the Minister; and seven persons representing Members of Parliament, five of whom shall be from the programme area and two from other parts of the country.

(4) Representatives from other relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies may be co-opted as ex-officio members.

(5) The Stakeholder Co-ordinating Committee shall meet at least two times annually and in a place within the Northern Savannah Ecological Zone.

(6) The cost associated with the annual sessions of the Stakeholder Co-ordinating Committee shall be borne by the stakeholder groups that nominate representatives onto the committee.