{"id":447722,"date":"2017-12-16T16:08:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T16:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/akufo-addo-resurrects-nkrumahs-1963-marine-drive-project\/"},"modified":"2017-12-16T16:08:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T16:08:33","slug":"akufo-addo-resurrects-nkrumahs-1963-marine-drive-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/akufo-addo-resurrects-nkrumahs-1963-marine-drive-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Akufo-Addo resurrects Nkrumah\u2019s 1963 Marine Drive project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Saturday, 16 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-16<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/29678642.295.jpg\" alt=\"AKUFO ADDO SOD.jpeg\" title=\"AKUFO ADDO SOD.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513440513_115_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the development of a 241 acre Accra coastlines into a multi-billion dollar tourism enclave.<\/p>\n<p>The $1.2billion Marine Drive project is expected to create 150,000 direct and indirect jobs by completion date in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>It was first conceived by Ghana\u2019s first president Kwame Nkrumah in 1963, but it only received verbal commitments from previous regimes after him.<\/p>\n<p>But showing commitment to utilizing the country\u2019s territorial space, the president said he will execute the project to create jobs and drive development.<\/p>\n<p>When completed, the Marine Drive will have facilities such as boardwalk, hotels, shopping mall, restaurant, park, landing site and a 3,000-seater concert hall.<\/p>\n<p>Late Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey who was the Tourism Minister between 2002 and 2005 got the design for the project done.<\/p>\n<p>But Cabinet&#8217;s approval for the project was secured by immediate past Tourism Minister Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare and the Executive Instrument was issued for the acquisition of the land.<\/p>\n<p>The vision to modernize the &#8220;entire beach front&#8221; had been 60 years in the making but the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has given life to it by cutting sod for construction works to begin.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Countries all over the world have made good use of their beach fronts and they are raking in considerable revenue. We intend to go down that path,&#8221; president Akufo-Addo said.<\/p>\n<p>Although he acknowledged the contributions of his predecessors, the president said his government is committed to &#8220;beginning this project&#8221; to aggressively give the tourism industry a facelift.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism Minister, Catherine Afeku told Joy News the sod cutting indicates the government is &#8220;ready and we mean business.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said the start of construction works is a testament to the relationship she has built with custodians of the land such as the chiefs and opinion leaders.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As MP I have been to the grassroots,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jv86UX5NZWc\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 3 updated by: 3 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Saturday, 16 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-16 play videoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has cut the sod for the development of a 241 acre Accra coastlines into a multi-billion dollar tourism enclave. 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