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Hon Simon Osei Mensah has assured that the government will do everything possible within its means to mobilize funding for the completion of all ongoing projects in the Ashanti region.
According to Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei Mensah, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration has not forgotten the Ashanti area as has been suggested.
He said that since coming into political power in 2017, the government had carried out numerous development projects, with more still in the works and more on the way.
The remarks by Simon Osei Mensah were in response to the Asante Youth Association (AYA) giving the government a month to quickly resume work on abandoned projects in the area.
The group promised to organize a large-scale demonstration against the government in case it disregarded its “stronghold territory” in a press conference on Tuesday, October 10, 2023.
The association is urging the government to prioritize development in the area and bemoans the fact that, despite being the New Patriotic Party’s heartland, the Akufo-Addo administration has ignored it.
On Wednesday, October 11, 2023, Simon Osei Mensah said on Otec FM’s morning program “Nyansapo” that he would hold monthly sector-by-sector press conferences to highlight the government’s initiatives carried out in the region.
“Starting from December 2023, I will trumpet the developmental projects done in the health sector in the region for the people to appreciate the good works of the government”, he told the host, Captain Koda.
Because of continuing negotiations between the government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Simon Osei Mensah explained that several projects in the area had to be put on hold.
The projects include the Mother and Baby Unit at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Phases 2 and 3 of the Kumasi International Airport, Phase of the Kejetia Redevelopment Projects, and Phase.
According to Simon Osei Mensah, the redesign of the project by the construction company Rango is what caused the suspension of the Suame 4-tier interchange.
Speaking of unfinished and abandoned roads in the region, Simon Osei Mensah ascribed some of them to the government’s inability to pay contractors’ arrears and poor work.
“The 55km Obuasi-Daatano-Manso Nkwanta-Anwiankwanta road is halted because the government owns the contractor, Joshob Construction Co. Ltd., Asabea Construction Ltd working on the Atwima Tekyiman-Denkyemouso road has its contract terminated for poor performance,” he added.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
