During the mid-year budget presentation in parliament on Tuesday, July 23, the Finance Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, highlighted the government’s achievements in the infrastructure sector.
According to him, the government has undertaken and completed major infrastructure development projects across the country during its 8-year tenure.
Here is the list of infrastructure developments accomplished under the ruling NPP government as cited in the 2024 mid-year budget:
1. Increased the road network from 78,000km to nearly 100,000km. The government invested significantly in road network expansion and improvement, including the construction of over 2,000km of asphaltic overlay as well as the rehabilitation and maintenance of about 11,674km of roads.
2. Completed the Tamale Interchange, Pokuase Interchange, Tema Motorway Interchange. Obetsebi, Flower Pot interchanges, and a few others are under construction.
3. Completed and commissioned Prempeh I International Airport, Yakubu Tali International Airport in Tamale, Phase 1 of the Sunyani Airport rehabilitation.
4. Restored the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park.
5. Constructed two (2) major fishing harbours in Elmina and James Town in Accra.
6. Completed the iconic Tema-Mpakadan railway.
7. Initiated or overseen the construction/rehabilitation of Achimota-Nsawam, Accra-Tema, Kojokrom-Tarkwa, Kojokrom – Manso railway.
8. Completed six (6) abandoned “Euroget” health sector projects, and three (3) other stalled projects inherited, including Upper West Regional Hospital, Ga East Municipal Hospital (Kwabenya), Tain District Hospital (Nsawkaw), Tepa Municipal Hospital (Tepa), Twifo-Praso District Hospital, Asante Akim Central District Hospital (Konongo), Fomena Hospital, Bekwai Hospital, and Kumawu Hospital.
9. Constructed Sea Defense Projects to protect communities in Komenda, Ningo Prampram, Axim, Elmina Anomabo, Keta.
10. Constructing Forward Operating Bases to enable the Armed Forces to protect the territorial integrity of our land.
11. Constructed 80,000-metric-ton warehouses under the One District One Warehouse Initiative.
12. Constructed about 400 out of the 560 small earth dams in the 5 northern regions in fulfillment of the “One Village, One Dam” promise.
13. Constructed more than 800 sanitation facilities. As a result, the government has increased the proportion of the population with access to toilet facilities from 33% in 2016 to 80.8%. This has resulted in a virtual elimination of cholera in Ghana.
14. Completed the University of Ghana Stadium in Legon, built multi-sports facilities at Borteyman for the African Games, and increased public astroturf in Ghana from 3 in 2016 to over 150 now.
15. Extended the rural telephony network by increasing from 78 sites in 2016 to 1008 sites today.
16. Constructed more public libraries and increased the total number of public libraries from 61 in 2017 to 115 by 2023.
17. Added 134.1 MW of renewable energy to the country’s energy mix, from a low of 37.7 in 2016 to 171.8 MW.
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
