The Minister for Works and Housing and Vice Chairman of the NPP Manifesto Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has emphasized that the commissioning of infrastructure projects ahead of the 2024 general elections reflects the government’s solid track record, rather than a strategy to sway voters.
In a discussion on The Citiuation Room on Channel One TV, Oppong Nkrumah explained that these initiatives are a demonstration of the government’s long-term commitment to infrastructure development, not a last-minute effort to secure electoral support.
He clarified that the recent project inaugurations are part of an ongoing focus on sustained growth and national progress.
“The commissions are part of a bigger track record. If your track record on infrastructure speaks well for you, then the commissioning will just help with the icing on the cake. If your track record on infrastructure does not speak well for you, then it will be an exercise in futility. So for us, we believe that, for example, today about 80 new schools were commissioned.
“It is not the case that these are the only schools we have built since 2017. In my constituency, you will see school blocks, dormitories, etc. So the people have seen what has been done over the years and now they are seeing what is going on in the final stretch.
“So, it is not about what you do in the last two or three weeks, it is about what you have done over the period for the public to access and make a determination,” he stated.
His comments come in as President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been commissioning major infrastructure projects since Tuesday, November 19, 2024.
On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, he commissioned the Bridge Power Project, which is expected to enhance energy production, and the Flower Pot Interchange to improve urban mobility.
The following day on November 20, the president inaugurated the newly constructed Bank Square for the Bank of Ghana, an infrastructure project to serve as the new command centre for the bank’s operations.
President Akufo-Addo is also set to commission the Tema-Mpakadan railway, a transformative transportation project linking Tema to Ghana’s Volta Region and beyond.
