We have secured funding for all projects: Akufo-Addo replies Mahama
President Akufo-Addo says every project he has cut the sod for since he assumed office in January 2017 has full funding, properly secured
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared that every project for which he has cut the sod since he assumed office in January 2017 has had its funding properly secured.
President Akufo-Addo made this known on Friday 25 September 2020 in Enchi, on day two of his three-day tour of the Western North Region. He was cutting the sod for building work to start on the 71.25-kilometre Enchi-to-Elubo road, which will cost US$116.2 million.
“When I came here a year ago, I assured the chiefs and people that I will work hard to ensure that the Enchi-to-Elubo road commences,” President Akufo-Addo said. “There were a number of processes, like the contractor and funding sources, that had to be completed before today’s ceremony could take place.
“All those processes have been successfully completed.”
He continued: “I am not like some people who rush to cut sod without securing the requisite funding for the projects. I will never do that. When I cut the sod, it means all the processes have been completed and the money for the project is available. I am not out to deceive anyone.”
A man of his word
President Akufo-Addo told the audience that one of the most important things for him in public life is for the Ghanaian people to know that he is a man of his word and will not lie to them.
“When I was running for president in 2016, my opponents went around the country saying that whatever I said I was going to do was a lie.
“They said I could not do Free SHS because it would take 20 years to implement. Have I not done it?” he asked, to which the crowd, responded enthusiastically: “Yes.”
He assured the people of Enchi: “We have secured funding for this road, and a first-class contractor will work on this road. The contractor has assured me that on 21 October 2023 I am coming back here to commission the road.”
Touching on the creation of the Western North Region, the president told the gathering that equitable distribution of development and resources was one of the reasons that had made it necessary to create the region.
He announced that the government has decided to decentralise and devolve governance by situating offices of various departments and agencies in all parts of the region.
Construction is ongoing for a regional directorate of education, which will be in Bibiani, a regional directorate of agriculture in Juaboso, the Regional Feeder Roads Department in Aowin, and also a regional department of highways in Sefwi Wiawso, the capital of the Western North.
President Akufo-Addo appealed to the people of Aowin to vote overwhelmingly for him and the NPP parliamentary candidate, “so we can do more for you”.
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