Accra, Aug. 13, GNA
– President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday began a six-day tour of the
Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions.
He is expected to
inaugurate completed projects, inspect work on-going ones and perform the
ceremony for construction works to begin on some new projects across the three
regions.
The President would
during the tour, interact with the chiefs and people, as well as with students
and tutors, in selected educational institutions.
He would start the
tour from Winkogo in Talensi in the Upper East, where he would interact with
students and tutors of Bolgatanga Senior High School, after which, he would
move to Binaba to attend a durbar of chiefs and people of the area.
He is also going to
pay a courtesy call on the Bawku Naba and meet with Mamprusi elders in Bawku.
The President would
climax activities of day one of his tour with a call on the Pusiga Chief and an
inspection of ongoing works on the Kulungugu Bridge.
Day two, would see
him, address a durbar of the Chiefs and people in Navrongo, inspection of the
local water processing plant and the Tono Dam rehabilitation project.
He would then make a
stop at the Sandema chief’s palace in Builsa North, and from there, proceed to
inspect construction works on the Doninga Bridge in Builsa South and the rice
valleys under the Planting for Food and Jobs programme,.
A durbar of chiefs
and people at Fumbisi would climax the President’s tour of the Upper East.
President Akufo-Addo
would start his Northern Region working visit with a durbar of chiefs and
people of the Saboba Traditional Area.
This would be
followed by the inspection of ongoing water projects in Saboba and Gushegu, and
a visit to the town’s smock weaving centre.
He would perform the
ceremony to signal the start of the construction of the Kpandai-Salaga road at
Kpandai after a durbar of chiefs.
Additionally, he is
also going to inaugurate a One Village, One Dam project at Wulensi.
In Bimbilla, the
President, would attend a durbar of chiefs, do a sod-cutting for the construction
of Bimbilla-Salaga road and inspect Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund)
projects at Bimbilla Senior High School.
On Saturday, August
17, he would commence his tour of the Upper West Region with the inspection of
work on a court building and residential complex at Wechiau in Wa West.
He would then attend
a durbar of chiefs and people in Issa, inspect ongoing works on a district
hospital in Daffiama-Bussie-Issa, and another district hospital at Funsi for
the people of Wa East.
On the sixth day of
the tour, President Akufo-Addo would attend a Catholic Mass in Wa, inaugurate
the Wa Regional Hospital and attend a durbar of chiefs in Kaleo and Lambussie.
This would be
followed by inspection of ongoing works a small town water system in Lambussie.
The President
returns to Accra later on August 18.
GNA
