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The Minister for Works and Housing and Vice Chairman of the NPP Manifesto Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has emphasized that the commissioning of infrastructure projects ahead of the 2024 general elections reflects the government\u2019s solid track record, rather than a strategy to sway voters.<\/p>\n
In a discussion on The Citiuation Room<\/em> on Channel One TV, Oppong Nkrumah explained that these initiatives are a demonstration of the government\u2019s long-term commitment to infrastructure development, not a last-minute effort to secure electoral support.<\/p>\n He clarified that the recent project inaugurations are part of an ongoing focus on sustained growth and national progress.<\/p>\n \u201cThe commissions are part of a bigger track record. If your track record on infrastructure speaks well for you, then the commissioning will just help with the icing on the cake. If your track record on infrastructure does not speak well for you, then it will be an exercise in futility. So for us, we believe that, for example, today about 80 new schools were commissioned.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is not the case that these are the only schools we have built since 2017. In my constituency, you will see school blocks, dormitories, etc. So the people have seen what has been done over the years and now they are seeing what is going on in the final stretch.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, it is not about what you do in the last two or three weeks, it is about what you have done over the period for the public to access and make a determination,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n His comments come in as President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been commissioning major infrastructure projects since Tuesday, November 19, 2024.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, he commissioned the Bridge Power Project, which is expected to enhance energy production, and the Flower Pot Interchange to improve urban mobility.<\/p>\n The following day on November 20, the president inaugurated the newly constructed Bank Square for the Bank of Ghana, an infrastructure project to serve as the new command centre for the bank\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n President Akufo-Addo is also set to commission the Tema-Mpakadan railway, a transformative transportation project linking Tema to Ghana\u2019s Volta Region and beyond.<\/p>\n New BoG HQ to boost reform capacity and investment climate \u2013 Akufo-Addo<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n