Kumasi International Airport will be completed in June 2022; 77% complete – Entrepreneur tells Akufo-Addo Ghana news



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  • Akufo-Addo inspected the ongoing work on the construction of Kumasi International Airport
  • Entrepreneurs say the project which is 77% complete will be completed by June 2022
  • Akufo-Addo is impressed with the project so far and urged spearheads

Kumasi – President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo inspected the work under construction of Kumasi International Airport at 124.9 million euros.

A report filed by President.gov.gh noted that according to the contractor, the work is currently 77% complete and the remaining 23% will be completed before completion in June 2022.

Akufo-Addo and his team visited the site on Friday, October 1, 2021, on the first day of his 4-day working visit to the Ashanti region.

Kumasi International Airport under construction
Soon Kumasi International Airport Photo credit: Nana Akufo-Addo
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During the inspection, the contractor said the terminal building was 88% complete, the road network 93% complete, the apron 89% complete, and the air traffic control and rescue and anti-aircraft services. fire at 53%.

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Akufo-Addo, however, expressed satisfaction with the progress of the work carried out so far and instructed the project leaders to ensure that the project is completed within the estimated timeframe.

Kumasi International Airport

In June 2018, Akufo-Addo cut the ground for the start of work on phase two of the Kumasi airport project.

During the cleansing ceremony, he said the airport expansion was a key part of the government’s vision to expand the borders of the aviation industry in the country.

The scope of work includes the extension of the existing roadway of the runway from 1,981 meters to 2,320 meters, the construction of a new taxi link and apron, two new parking stands on the parking area and aeronautical lighting systems on the ground.

Alan Kyeremanteng and Afriyie Akoto eyeing my seat

Yet in Kumasi, Akufo-Addo revealed that his ministers of trade and industry as well as agriculture, Alan Kyeremanteng and Afriyie Akoto both have their eyes riveted on his seat.

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Hr appeared to have announced the candidates for the next leader of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the end of his term.

The two ministers would have fueled the ambition to become the flag bearer of the ruling party, according to a report filed by 3news.com.

Source: yen

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