The Minister of Roads and Excessivemethods, Governs Kwame Agbodza, has reasserted President John Dramani Mahama’s unwavering dedication to the profitable implementation of the Abidjan-Lagos Hall Freeway Development undertaking.
He underscores the undertaking as a significant driver of financial transformation and socio-economic improvement of not solely Ghana however throughout the Sub continent, that displays a unified and affluent West Africa the place infrastructure serves because the spine of development.
The Minister made these remarks on Tuesday on the Ministerial launch of the Nationwide Stakeholders and Group Engagement Marketing campaign of undertaking affected Individuals in Ghana.
The marketing campaign, to start subsequent week concurrently within the have an effect oned 32 communities in six areas throughout the nation, is designed to foster open dialogue, construct belief, and be sure that the voices of the affected communities are heard, understood, and built-in into the undertaking’s planning and implementation processes.
The 520 Kilometre-highway spans from Elubo by means of Takoradi, Accra, Tema, Kasseh, Akatsi to Akanu border within the Ketu North District of the Volta Area.
The Financial Group of West African States (ECOWAS) led-initiative is anticipated to trans
kind the Abidjan-Lagos Hall into a contemporary, environment friendly six-lane twin carriageway with supporting infrastructure.
Mr Agbodza indicated that the undertaking was a testomony of a shared dedication to regional integration, financial transformation, and sustainable improvement which have been key pillars of member nations’ strategic development agendas.
“It underscores our unwavering dedication to fostering connectivity, stimulating financial opportunities, and strengthening the unity of our West African group when recognising its strategic significance for our nation’s development and regional prosperity,” he added.
The ‘Huge Push Agenda’ of the President aligns seamlessly with this initiative by offering enhanced monetary and technical assist for main street corridors such because the Jap Hall, the Western Hall, the Higher hall and Outer Rings of our main cities that may function the connectivity spine for our nation and our landlocked
neighbors.
The target of the sensitisation programme is to foster a well- knowledgeable and engaged surroundings the place all stakeholders’ involving native communities, authorities businesses, companies, and improvement companions usually are not solely conscious however actively participating on this pivotal transformative initiative.
The success of this historic undertaking, the Minister defined, depended critically on making certain transparency, inclusivity, and mutual understanding, that are elementary to constructing belief, securing political assist, and advancing shared nationwide development targets.
“Over the approaching weeks and months, this programme will present very important insights into the specifics of the Abidjan-Lagos Freeway undertaking, together with its scope, timelines, and technical particulars and extra importantly, anticipated advantages resembling improved transportation effectivity, enhanced regional integration, elevated commerce alternatives, and socioeconomic improvement for our communities,” he indicated.
Furthermore, Mr Agbodza emphasised that infrastructure improvement was not nearly establishing roads and bridges, it was about constructing connections by connecting communities, economies, and alternatives.
He expressed appreciation to ECOWAS, improvement companions, and stakeholder whose dedication and unwavering assist have been essential to remodeling “this ambitious imaginative and prescient into actuality.”
The ECOWAS Communications Staff Visibility Advisor, David Mwedu, assured of adequate compensation to genuinely affected individual and referred to as for his or her most cooperation.
BY LAWRENCE VOMAFA-AKPALU
