In the Ashanti Region, the government is committed to restarting and finishing abandoned infrastructure projects, as confirmed by Finance Minister Mohammed Amin Adam.
While on a formal visit to the Ashanti Region, Dr. Amin Adam paid a courtesy call to the Ashanti Regional Minister and Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene.
the Minister emphasized the crucial role that the Ashanti Region plays in Ghana’s economic growth and reaffirmed the government’s commitment to carrying out important projects.
These include the Mother and Baby Unit at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, the Kejetia Redevelopment Market, and the Kumasi International Airport.
“Yet you also know that we have encountered certain difficulties that have forced us to put off these projects for a while, but you also know that His Excellency the President is committed to ensuring that these projects are completed for the benefit of our people,” Mr. Amin Adam stated. He has given us instructions to focus on and move quickly on these projects in order to finish them and allow people to start benefiting from them.
The completion of unfinished and suspended projects, such as the Ahenema-Kokoben and Anhwiankwanta road project and the Kumasi International Airport, was the subject of an appeal made by the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, to the Finance Minister.
“The other one that will request of you which I was discussing with your predecessor, we have a road construction from a place called Ahenema-Kokoben on the Obuasi road up to Ahenema-Kokoben which was awarded to Kofi Job initially, and later they have to change the drawings. And after the change of drawings you know definitely the estimate ballooned and according to the road minister, the road minister said he needed financial clearance from the Minister of Finance, so I’ll plead you worked on that one for us.”
In order to learn firsthand about the current state and difficulties facing the various projects in the area, the Finance Minister is scheduled to visit them.
