By Iddi Yire
Accra, July 15, GNA – President John Dramani Mahama has assured the chiefs and people of Western North Region of massive infrastructure development under the Government Big Push Programme.
The President said he had heard the concerns of the chiefs and people of the Western North Region about the roads connecting their farming communities and markets.
He said these roads were vital arteries for moving cocoa, timber, food products and people across the country; declaring that “they are not a luxury, they are a necessity”.
“And I assure you that these projects have been fully captured under our $10 billion Big Push Infrastructure Programme,” the President remarked at Juaboso at a durbar of the Chiefs and People of the Western North Region during his Thank You Tour of the Region.
The nationwide Thank You Tour is to enable the President express gratitude to Ghanaians for their massive support during the 2024 general election.
He said the Big Push Programme would commit at least $2 billion every year in infrastructure development and its roll out had begun in the 2025 budget.
President Mahama said the government was committing resources and technical teams to ensure that these roads were completed on schedule.
The President noted that he had directed the Ministry of Roads and Highways to prioritise these roads and return contractors to sites to work without further delay; adding that the Finance of Minister had also assured that the resources were available to reconstruct these roads.
He said the Finance Minister had said that contractors working on the Big Push projects would be paid within two weeks of presenting their certificates.
“So money is not going to be a problem. So Nananom, if we start the Big Push and we cut short, if the contractor is not working, it is not because we are not paying him. Then there must be something else wrong,” President Mahama said.
The President said roads such as the Enchi-Elubo, Dadieso-Ankontombra, Adwofia-Osei Kojokrom, Sewfi-Bekwai-Asankragua, and other deteriorated feeder roads across the Western North Region were all slated for reconstruction.
GNA
Edited by Christian Akorlie
