An Engineering expert Appiah Kran has described John Mahama’s promise to create a new administrative city outside Accra when elected in the December elections as a laudable one.
Meeting the European Union Ambassador and the EU Chamber of Commerce, on May 28, 2024, John Mahama said his next administration will start the plan, design and feasibility work for a possible 20-year project.
“We will commence a feasibility study with a plan to construct a new city. Accra is grid- locked, and the time has arrived for us to relocate certain parts of the government services from Accra.”
“Accra will remain the capital, but we will transfer a portion of it elsewhere. There is already available land on the Accra Plains and opposite the bank of the Volta Lake. Moreover, we are establishing a port terminal in Mpakadan to transport cargo to the northern part of the country.”
Reacting to this on Plan B FM’s ‘Ebaanosen’ with Ohene Kinnah, Mr. Appiah Kran said the initiative by the Former President is a good one but it can only be feasible if it’s devoid of mere political rhetoric.
“I think what the former president is proposing is laudable. There has been congestion in the capital that has affected business growth and smooth delivery of government services in recent time despite the country’s decentralisation policy which is worrying. It can only be feasible if it’s not a mere political talk” he explained
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