Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has begun a tour of the Greater Accra Region, today, September 29, 2020.
As part of his tour, the vice president will among the activities scheduled for the tour, inspect ongoing works and commission completed projects in some constituencies.
Currently, Dr. Bawumia is at an ongoing durbar at the Ngleshi Amanfrom in the Ga South Municipality, where he will interact with traditional authorities, residents of the constituency and other interest groups.
The Vice President will use the platform to outline already rolled out policies and interventions initiated by government as well as the need for the NPP to be retained in the December polls.
He is also expected to inspect the ongoing construction of an AstroTurf with a thousand seater-capacity at Tuba.
The project which is funded by the National Youth Authority is projected to be completed before the end of the year.
Elsewhere, President Nana Akufo-Addo, as part of his 3-day working visit of the Ashanti Region visited the Kumasi Airport where he inspected works on the ongoing 500-bed military hospital and work on the construction of Phase II of the Kumasi Airport project.
The project coordinator stated that permanent works on the terminal building are progressing steadily, and the installation of the steel superstructure also progressed as scheduled.
Pavement works for access road construction, he added, are in progress, together with the construction of storm drains network in the terminal area, with the revised completion date for the project is August 2021.
On June 6, 2018, the President cut the sod for work to commence on the Kumasi Airport Project, where he explained that “the expansion of this airport is a critical part of government’s vision to expand the frontiers of the aviation industry in the country, and to realize the dream of making Ghana an aviation hub in West Africa.”
The project encompasses the extension of the current length of the runway by 319 metres, i.e. from 1,981 metres to 2,300 metres; construction of a new terminal building, with the capacity to handle one million passengers per year; construction of an apron area and related taxiway; and the undertaking of ancillary works.
Similarly, President Akufo-Addo’s visit to the site of the construction of the 500-bed Military at Afari, in Atwima Nwabiagya South constituency was filled with optimism of a timely completion.
The president received the assurance of the CEO of Euroget de Invest, contractors for the project that the 500-bed military hospital will be completed by December this year.
Prior to this, former President John Agyekum Kufuor had granted Executive Approval for the project on 4th November 2008, which included the construction of a 250 Bed Regional Hospital; 160 Bed Regional Hospital; 100 Bed Municipal Hospital; and five (5) 60 Bed District Hospitals in the early part of 2008 at a total cost USD519,000,000.00.
