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President returns to Accra after eight-day tour of three regions

Accra, Oct. 14, GNA – President Nana Addo
Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Monday returned to Accra after an eight-day tour of three
regions, covering 42 main stops.

The tour brings to 14, the total number of
regions the President has visited this year.

The President’s tour took him to the Bono,
Ashanti and Eastern regions, which afforded him the opportunity to witness at
first-hand the progress of work of some projects in those regions on his
administration’s flagship programmes.

Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Information
Minister said this at a briefing in Accra on Monday.

The Minister said the tour also afforded the
President the opportunity to hear directly from citizens, interest groups and
traditional rulers who gave him valuable insights into what they made of his
administration’s delivery so far and what more they wanted him to focus on.

Key issues that engaged the President’s
attention on his tour were Education, Infrastructure and Agriculture, he
stated.

On education, he said, the President was
impressed with the delivery of the Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme,
and was particularly happy to see all three streams benefitting from the
programme.

The President was happy to see the progress
of work on dormitories and classroom blocks, which were aimed at ending the
double track system once fully completed.

“The President is highly expectant that
excellent results from the first batch of beneficiaries in June 2020 will put
the critics of the programme to shame,” Mr Oppong Nkrumah said.

On the Planting for Food and jobs programme,
the Minister noted that, all the areas visited gave positive feedback and
requested government’s intervention to cover other crops like cashew.

He said President Akufo-Addo was committed
to ensuring that his team in Parliament pushed for the passage of the Tree
Crops Bill, when Parliament resumed in October to allow the necessary
institutional support for Cashew and other tree crops to be fully rolled out.

He said Cabinet had already given policy
approval for the passage of the Bill and hoping for parliamentary consideration
and approval.

On Infrastructure, the President interacted
with Ministers, Consultants and contractors working on key projects such as
roads, warehouses, youth development centres, an airport, educational
institutions and agriculture centres.

The President admonished contractors behind
schedule to get on track while urging his ministers to ensure those owed were
paid.

The Finance Ministry has in response
outlined how it planned to make over one billion cedis in payment available
with immediate effect in fulfilment of its commitments.

Mr Oppong Nkrumah said plans for the final
two regions-Volta and Greater Accra would be announced in due course.

GNA

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