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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo promised to build a bridge over the Oti River to improve economic activities in the region.
Addressing a durbar of Kete-Krachi chiefs and people in the West Krachi constituency of the Oti region, the president said that the bridge was currently in the design stage to determine where it would be located, adding: “ Whatever happens, the construction of the bridge will happen. “
He said the Finance and Roads and Highways ministries had reached the final stages of negotiations with Messrs. FDN / INTORL, a Dutch company, to obtain financing and commercial agreements to build a 1.6 km composite bridge over the river. Oti in Dambai and Dodiokope.
“Feasibility studies have been completed so that the works can begin once the necessary approvals are received from the Cabinet and Parliament,” he said.
“Upon completion, this bridge will relieve communities in these areas of long waiting periods and the excruciating slow movement of people, goods and services by ferry across the Oti River.”
The President inspected a 15 kilometer rehabilitation of the Kete-Krachi Town roads at a cost of GH ¢ 58 million, which is expected to be completed in 12 calendar months.
It was awarded to First Sky Company Limited by the Regional Department of Urban Roads with a scope of work encompassing drainage construction, earthmoving, paving and asphalt surfacing work.
President Akufo-Addo said that people in the area would also benefit from a potable water plant, as would be done in other parts of the country, from the Aqua Africa Project.
He said the government had not given in on its promises to improve Kete-Krachi Town roads, the Midwifery and Nurse Training School, Military Barracks and secondary schools for Get-Fund projects.
“Kete-Krachi and the entire Oti region are in my heart. I am the one who created the region and anything that brings development to the area is what the Government of Akufo-Addo will pursue ”.
The president urged the electorate to vote en masse for him and all the parliamentary candidates in the region for more development projects.
He expressed his gratitude to the Krachiwura and the people for recognizing the good works that the New Patriotic Party had done for them.
Mr. Kwasi Amoako Atta, the Minister of Roads and Highways, said that the construction of the bridge would cost approximately 125 million euros.
Nana Mprah Besemuna III, President of the Chamber of Chiefs of the Oti Region, congratulated President Akufo-Addo on the development projects of the region.
“For all these things you have done for us, we say that one good deed deserves another. We, the people of Krachi and Oti, will cheer them on for the good things they have done, ”he said.
He congratulated the president and the entire government for the excellent leadership and efforts in managing the covid-19 pandemic, causing the country to achieve a near defeat of the virus.
Nana Besemuna appealed to the president to replace the pontoon linking Kete-Krachi to Kwadjwo-Krom in Sene district, fix erratic power supply and open a technical university in the area.
