Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2015.At a ceremony to mark the event, the President and members of the Diplomatic Corps bought the first tickets. Later in the day, the Minister of Finance and Commerce, Tiemoko Marc Garango, inaugurated a national lottery for Upper Volta. After renaming his country to Burkina Faso, here’s Thomas Sankara’s accomplishments, ONLY 4 YEARS in power (). If mental habits could be modernised, he said, it would be easy to modernise the country. In a call to greater effort, the President said under-development was very much a matter of mental habit. Formerly known as the Republic of Upper Volta. It will concentrate on rural development and the improvement of communications, and will need the investment of 27,000 million CFA francs (GBP40 millions sterling). Burkina Faso has an estimated population of 15.5 million and shares 3,193 km of borders with six countries. The plan had been approved by the Cabinet shortly before the announcement. President Lamizana, during his speech, announced details of a three-year development programme designed to increase resources and to keep expenditure down. Prints of A Fula (Toucouleurs) Woman from Bukina Faso (Upper Volta), a landlocked country in West Africa. Forestry projects range from large-scale plantations to village woodlots. Other forestry activities involve the extension agents of the Ministry of Rural Development and the Volta Valley Resettlement Authority. Story Text: Upper Volta marked the seventh anniversary of independence with a parade in Ouagadougou, the establishment of a national lottery, and a radio broadcast on the state of the nation by President Sangoule Lamizana. Upper Volta PASA Report Most forestry activities are carried out by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.Reuters ID: LVA9HGYKYIQQVOR1VA8DRIB0EQV5.Presidents making speech ceremonies opening of national lottery. Title: UPPER VOLTA: INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY.
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