Stop revealing the KVIPs; open Mahama projects – Volta NDC in Akufo-Addo

General News on Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-01-29

The Volta regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the main opposition party, asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to inaugurate all completed infrastructure projects in the region. , which had been undertaken by John Mahama 's administration.

In a statement issued by Bright Delali Kugbeadzor, the party's deputy communications officer in the region, the NDC was unhappy with President Akufo-Addo's refusal to inaugurate the completed projects.

According to the statement, some important projects initiated and completed by the Mahama administration and ready to be inaugurated include the ultra-modern Ho Central market, the ultra-modern Ho Abattoir market and the Volta regional office for national communication. Authority.

"We urge the president to avoid celebrating mediocrity by ordering Astro Turfs, privately owned KVIP toilets and JB Danquah memorial centers, and commissioning the aforementioned monumental projects in the region bequeathed by his predecessor, John Dramani Mahama.

The statement adds: "It is instructive to note that the Volta region is not the only victim of this deliberate indifference of the Akufo-Addo government. Many large national projects initiated by the former NDC administration, led by Mahama, have either been left without commissioning (when such projects are completed), or summarily abandoned (if unfinished).

"About 1,500 homes, at a cost of $ 180 million, built as part of the Saglemi real estate project near Tsopoli in the Ningo-Prampram district of Greater Accra, have remained unoccupied, almost two years after the inauguration of the facility. The same can be said of Terminal 3 at Kotoka International Airport. Although many projects, including the KI terminal 3, have received both local and international acclaim, the NPP government has repeatedly failed to officially put it into operation, regardless of its openness.

"One thing that Ghanaians need to understand is that every time a government fails to carry out projects of this nature, especially when funding is allocated to it, this is not the case. are neither the government nor the president who are losing that ordinary poor citizens of Ghana. . The president and his staff derive their large monthly salary from the concomitant bonuses and daily allowance, as needed.

"To the extent that we are aware that resources may be scarce and not readily available to carry out all projects at the same time, we hope that Her Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo's Government will continue to lead. projects initiated by his predecessor John Dramani Mahama that are of national collective interest. "