John Dramani Mahama, the Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has vowed to complete all projects abandoned by the Akufo-Addo-led administration. He expressed concern over the numerous initiatives launched during his tenure that have since been left unfinished by the current Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government.
Speaking to chiefs and queen mothers at the Bawku Naba Palace in the Upper East Region, Mahama emphasized his commitment to resuming and finishing these projects if elected. He specifically mentioned the Garu Hospital, which has remained neglected since 2015, and the Bolga-Bawku-Pulmakom road as key priorities.
Mahama also highlighted the Eastern Corridor project, which was initiated by Prof. Mills and furthered during his presidency, yet remains incomplete. Additionally, he spoke about the Tamne irrigation project, which aims to irrigate 3,000 hectares of land, benefiting four districts and providing opportunities for young people to engage in dry-season gardening and year-round farming.
“There have been many issues that have been raised by Bawku Naba, one is the government hospital. There’s a hospital we were building in Garu, which unfortunately has been abandoned, I can assure the people of Garu that when we come, we’ll continue and finish that hospital so that they can have access to modern health facilities. there are many projects that we were working on that unfortunately have stalled,” he said.
“I remember I cut a sod for the start of Bolga-Bawku-Pulmakom road sometime in 2015, we expected that that road would have been completed today. As of now the contractor has left the site and the road has been abandoned. I can assure my father Bawku Naba that when we come, we’ll tackle that road and finish it.”
“Prof. Mills conceptualized the idea of the Eastern Corridor project and we started it in the time of Prof. Mills. I came in and continued and did the segment between Nakpanduri and Oti Damanko. There’s another segment from Nakpanduri through to Kulungugu, but that segment hasn’t been started yet, I can assure you that when we come, depending on the availability of resources, we’ll prioritize that road, we’ll complete the Eastern Corridor road so that it’ll make easier to move from here to the South.”
“I also cut sod to start the Tamne irrigation project and we didn’t complete it before we left. We finished phase one; this government continued it slowly but still, it hasn’t been done. This project will bring about 3000 hectares of land under irrigation so that our young people can do dry season gardening, they can do all-year-round gardening so that they don’t go down South to look for menial jobs.”
“So, when we come, we’ll continue the Tamne project because we know it’s going to benefit four districts in this area.”