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GHANA MINISTER CALLS FOR COMPLETION OF GARID PROJECT AIMED RAINY SEASON

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Gambeta News

The rainy season is becoming a worry for the nation ministry of work department as project expected to be completed during this period made be hinder. The recent events has made the Minister of Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah to tasked contractors working on the Greater Accra Resilient and Integrated Development (GARID) project to increase their speed. The directive was given during a meeting with project coordinators and contractors in Accra on Friday to…

GHANA ELECTRICITY CHALLENGES: WHY GRIDCo REDUCED ECG POWER SUPPLY

Posted on April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 by Gambeta News

Ghana Grid company (GRIDCo) has reduced its power supply to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) which has impacted the electricity supply to consumers in parts of Tema, Kpone, Kpong and some areas in the Eastern Region. Recently, in the past months, there has been erratic power supply across the country. This has resulted with many Ghanaians demanding that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Energy Ministry release a load-shedding timetable so they…

SAGLEMI HOUSING PROJECT: WHY GHANA GOVT. NEEDS TO SECURE PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP TO COMPLETE PROJECT

Posted on March 28, 2024 by Gambeta News

The Technical Working Group tasked to oversee the completion of the Saglemi Housing Project has been given five weeks to issue the international expression of interest to pave way for private sector participation. Minister of Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, who issued the directive, said, the move would enable the Ministry to commence the processes to engage a private partner to complete the project. Addressing the media yesterday during a tour of the facility,…

GHANA GOVT. REITERATE COMMITMENT TO COMPLETE ALL COASTAL PROJECT ACROSS THE NATION

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Gambeta News

The Minister-designate for Works and Housing, Mr Kojo Oppong Nrumah, has reiterated the government’s commitment to ensuring the successful completion of all coastal protection projects along the country’s coast. Despite the concerning trend of rising sea tides affecting the development of coastal communities, Mr Nkrumah assured that the government remained dedicated to addressing the issue. During his visit to Lower Axim, Mr Nkrumah paid a courtesy call on the Omanhene of Lower Axim, Awulae Attibrukusu…

HOW OVER 100 LAWSUIT PREVENT THE RECONSTRUCTION OF 18.1KM OFANKOR-NSAWAM ROAD IN GHANA

Posted on March 12, 2024 by Gambeta News

More than 100 lawsuits, ranging from human rights cases to ownership of portions of the road earmarked for the reconstruction of the 18.1 km Ofankor-Nsawam dual carriageway project, are hindering the completion of work on schedule. With some of the cases dating back to 2022, the Chief Resident Engineer, Kwabena Bempong, told the Daily Graphic that his team would not be able to meet the government’s August deadline. “These cases have dragged on for quite…

WHY HO AIRPORT IS STILL NOT OPERATIONAL NEARLY SIX YEARS AFTER COMPLETION IN GHANA

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Gambeta News

The Ho Airport, developed to boost the economy of the Volta Region and adjoining regions, is still idle after nearly six years of completion. A visit to the facility last Friday indicated that the airport was in good shape and was being well maintained. However, since Passion Air halted operations on the Accra route in March 2022, the airport has almost become a ‘ghost town,’ begging to be rejuvenated to generate revenue that can help…

GHANA GOVT. APPROVED GH¢150 TO CONTRACTORS FOR ROAD MAINTENANACE

Posted on February 20, 2024 by Gambeta News

The Government has made available GH¢150 million to contractors, to undertake road maintenance across the country. “The government has released an amount of GH¢150 million for the engagement and payment to road contractors undertaking pothole patching across the country,” the Ministry of Roads and Highways, said in a statement issued in Accra last Friday, and copied the media. The statement signed and issued by Nasir Ahmad Yartey, Head, Public Relations Unit, Ministry of Roads and…

ACCRA-KUMASI FOUR MAJOR BY-PASS MAKING PROGRESS IN GHANA

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Gambeta News

Construction works are progressing steadily on four major by-passes on the Accra-Kumasi highway. The by-passes; the 11.6Km Osino by-pass, the 6.1 Km Anyinam bypass, the 10.6Km Enyiresi by-pass and the 13.5K Konongo by-pass; are part of the ongoing efforts by the government to dualise the Accra-Kumasi highway to help reduce vehicular traffic and accidents as well as enhance the free movement of goods and people. So far the contractors have completed the clearing of the…

GSA TO MONITOR PERFORMANCE OF CEMENT MANUFACTURING COMPANIES TO ENFORCE ITS STANDARD

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Gambeta News

The Ghana Standard Authority (GSA) says it will continue to clamp down on some cement-manufacturing companies in the country to enforce standards and not to destroy businesses. According to the Authority, it would not renege on its key mandate of ensuring standards in the country since that was the only way it could protect lives and properties as well as ensuring value for money for consumers. Speaking to the local media on the sidelines of…

WHY GHANA NEEDS US$550BILLION TO IMPLEMENT ENERGY TRANSITION PLANS

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Gambeta News

Ghana will require not less than $550 billion to successfully implement its Energy Transition Strategy over the next 40 years, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced. He has therefore called for stronger and greater collaboration among all stakeholders to enable the country implement the strategy successfully since its benefits would far outweigh the cost. “This national framework is ambitious but it is attainable. It is anticipated that some $550 billion will have to be…

GHANA GOVT. SEEK FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Posted on November 6, 2023 by Gambeta News

The government is sourcing funding for the construction of a nuclear power plant to support the country’s electricity production and provide more reliable and efficient energy to consumers. Although the cost and the project sites are yet to be made public, Ghana is considering a partnership with the US to finalise the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to kick start the project. The Director General of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Professor Samuel Boakye Dampare, disclosed…

GHANA NATIONAL CATHEDRAL CONSTRUCTION SAGA CONTINUES OVER FUNDS

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Gambeta News

The National Cathedral Secretariat has dismissed assertions that funds invested into the project so far have only gone into the digging of a ‘hole’. On the contrary, it explained that the supposed hole was rather completed foundational works which would pave way for the take-off of the actual edifice. “In starting a project of this kind, a huge chunk of the total cost will go into the design works. The cathedral includes a seven level;…

CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CEMENT FACTORIES ON HOLD ON GHANA

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Gambeta News

The directive by the Ministry of Trade and Industry which takes immediate effect is a temporary measure aimed at streamlining the issuance of permits by various regulatory institutions before the construction of new cement factories could be considered. The directive was issued at the launch of a national quality policy in Accra yesterday. The policy gives specific prescriptions for the operationalisation of a national quality infrastructure (NQI). The NQI is a system that includes laws,…

FORMER GHANA PRESIDENT CALLS FOR FLOOD EMERGENCY

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Gambeta News

Former President John Dramani Mahama has called on the government to declare a state of emergency in the areas affected by floods following the spillage of water from the Akosombo and Kpong dams. Joining earlier similar calls in a Facebook post on Wednesday [October 18], Mr. Mahama said the scope and scale of the flooding of communities along the Volta River is bigger than “our crippled economy can bear.” “I recommend to Government to declare…

HOW GNPC CONSTRUCTED 123 PROJECTS IN GHANA

Posted on October 12, 2023 by Gambeta News

Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation has constructed 123 different projects in the Ashanti Region, from the country’s oil proceeds, says Dr Dominic Kwasi Eduah, Chief Executive Director of the foundation. The projects included mechanised boreholes, sanitary facilities/public toilets, school blocks, football pitches (astroturfs). Out of the number, 43 of them are educational infrastructure. According to the Executive Director, the company was determined to impact the lives of five million Ghanaians across the country, through…

RECONSTRUCTION OF US$346.5M OFANKOR-NSAWAM DUAL CARRIAGEWAY AT 40% IN GHANA

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Gambeta News

Reconstruction of the $346.5 million Ofankor-Nsawam dual carriageway project is progressing steadily with 40 per cent of work completed so far, the resident engineer, Mr Thomas David Arthur, has disclosed. The scope of work undertaken so far includes the construction of an underpass footbridge at the Agya Appiah section of the road, 50 percent complete, a footbridge at Fise, 95 percent complete with all the other components of the projects at various stages of completion….

FEDCO PARTNER WITH A FIRM TO CONSTRUCT CLASSROOM BUILDINGS IN GHANA

Posted on September 13, 2023 by Gambeta News

Federated Commodities Ltd (FEDCO) and partners, Storck and Walter Matter, inaugurated a six-unit classroom block for Domeabra Primary School, near Asankragwa, in the Wassa Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region. The block, which has a head teacher’s office, a staff common room, a library, a computer laboratory, toilet facilities, a mechanised borehole, and an astro turf, is to expand access to basic education at Domeabra. The Managing Director, FEDCO, Mrs Maria Adamu-Zibo, mentioned that…

GHANA VP COMMISSIONED TAMALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PHASE II

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Gambeta News

Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia has commissioned the Tamale International Airport Phase II Project at a colorful ceremony in the Northern Regional capital. Facilitated under the auspices of the UK-Ghana Business Council (UKGBC), established in 2018 and co-chaired by Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the project is part of the Government’s aviation sector infrastructure development program designed to expand the frontiers of the aviation industry and to make Ghana the aviation hub within the West African Sub-Region. Dr…

GHANA PRESIDENT LAUNCHED NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAMME

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Gambeta News

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has launched the revised National Affordable Housing Programme at Pokuase-Afiaman in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region. Dubbed: “My home, my peace” the new housing programme seeks to construct about 14,000 subsidised housing units for prospective buyers. The programme which is being undertaken by government in collaboration with the private sector will comprise 8000 units at Pokuase-Afiaman and 6000 units at Dedesua in the Ashanti Region. As…

GHANA TO FOCUS ON RAILWAYS CONSTRUCTION INSTEAD OF SKYTRAIN

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Gambeta News

Ghana has no plans of building a Skytrain, but rather focusing its attention on the Western and Eastern railway lines development for the moment, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Railway Development Authority (GRDA), Mr. Yaw Owusu, has stated. He said it was extremely expensive to build a SkyTrain as a kilometer was estimated to cost $20 million within the cities, adding Ghana does not have the resources for such a project. Mr….

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