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National Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammi Awuku has commended Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over his Town Hall Meeting and Results Fair showcasing the infrastructure record of the incumbent government.

The Vice President, on Tuesday, August 18, 2020 held a virtual meeting where he told Ghanaians about the massive developmental projects by the Akufo-Addo administration in its first term.

NPP Infrastructure Record

He recounted what the government has done and doing in the road network, health, agriculture and other sectors and received a resounding applause at the end of the presentation.

“ . . about 17, 334 individual projects have been started since January 2017. We have completed a total number of 8,746 projects throughout the country. A further 8,588 projects are at different stages of completion throughout the country. This is consistent with our strategic orientation to ensure the development of broad base, wide scale infrastructure, taking place in every district across the country instead of a few big infrastructure projects in a few cities.”

He revealed that a total of 1,927 road projects have been undertaken across the country since 2017, out of which, 1,307 of them are completed while 620 are currently under construction.

“Government has selected three critical roads in every region. Work is ongoing on all these critical roads and are at various stages of completion, including the famous Eastern Corridor road, for example Jasikan-Dodo-Pepesu road, Bolga-Bawku (80% complete) and Lawra-Hamile (complete).

“Four state of the art interchanges are also under construction: The Tema Interchange, where the loan, sod cutting and completion were executed by this government; Tamale interchange under the Sinohydro Programme, the first ever interchange in the Northern Sector of the country (44% complete and expected to be completed by the middle of 2021); Pokuase interchange (the first four tier interchange in West Africa – 75% complete. The, loan agreement for this (Pokuase interchange) project was signed in November 2016 for a three-tier interchange. We subsequently renegotiated for a four-tier interchange without any increase in cost. The Obetsebi Lamptey interchange is 55% complete. As well, the Sod has just been cut for the Nungua Interchange.

“It is important to note that the cost of the Tema, Pokuase, Tamale, and Obetsebi Lamptey interchanges total $289 million while the Kwame Nkrumah interchange was constructed at a cost of $270 million,” Dr Bawumia expounded. 

On agriculture, he said the government has embarked on the construction of 80 warehouses across the country as part of measures to ensure food security, reduce post-harvest loses, guarantee farmer incomes and improve marketing and some of the beneficiary communities include Ejura, Atebubu, Tamale, Sandema, Bawku among others. 

Ghanaians Meet Their Deliverer

Touching on the issue, Sammi Awuku slammed political opponents and critics who doubt the government has indeed achieved the infrastructure record declared by the Vice President.

"I become astounded when someone says this thing doesn't exist. I am a witness to them...so, when somebody comes to say they are non-existent but rather a person's creation, I find it very difficult and very insulting to me and to the people who are using it."




He urged Ghanaians to vote massively and retain President Nana Akufo-Addo and his government in power.

''This government when given the support again can deliver us from the shackles of poverty to the path of prosperity''

''We're in the political football and political season, the NPP will welcome any challenge to put forward our side of the story. We believe, when you compare us with the NDC, we have performed better. We admit that when Ghanaians weigh us, at least we will be around superfeather weight or heavyweight as compared to bantamweight.''