Day three of President Akufo Addo’s four-day tour to Ashanti Region (Photos)

The Roman Catholic archbishop of Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region, Most Rev. Gabriel Justice Yaw Amakye, has appealed to government to refuse cheap policies and cheap infrastructural development.

He also urged the media to denounce people who abuse and defame others as well as name and shame all wrongdoers.

The appeal follows a visit by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and his entourage to the St Peter’s Cathedral Basilica, Roman Hill in Kumasi in the Ashanti region on Sunday, 12 August 2018, as part of his working visit to the Region.

In the Sermon, most Rev. Gabriel Justice Yaw Amakye impelled the congregation to be law abiding and discipline. According to him, “this is the best way to secure peace and Ghana’s Socio-political stability.”

On his part, Nana Akufo-Addo pledge government’s effort to sustain political stability, rule of law and freedom and justice.

Speaking at the Akwasidae celebrations, on Sunday, 12th August, 2018, at the Manhyia Palace, President Akufo-Addo noted that, despite the “unprecedented infrastructural development” touted by the predecessor government, the consistent cry of the Ghanaian people, everywhere he has been since becoming President, has been about the poor nature of their roads.

“So where is this unprecedented infrastructural development that was touted by my predecessor? The roads in Ghana’s second biggest city, Kumasi, are nothing to write home about, even though much of the country’s revenues and resources come from the Ashanti Region,” the President bemoaned.

He continued, “I was left with a bankrupt economy, but with hard work and discipline, we have been able to find money. So, this year, GHS500 million has been devoted to the roads in Ashanti. This comprehensive plan for roads, i.e. the Kumasi Roads Facelift Project, has already been approved by Cabinet, and will result in the facelift of Kumasi roads, as well as the development of roads in Ashanti.”

The President noted that his administration cannot fix all roads in the Region, and, indeed, in the entire country at a go, but assured that before he leaves office, the vast majority of roads in the country would have been fixed.

Government’s focus on infrastructure, he said, is not only about the development of the country’s road network, stressing that railway infrastructure is also critical to the country’s needs.

“Over the years, we have not maintained our railway sector. However, in my time, the railway sector is undergoing massive rehabilitation. Shortly, the Minister for Railways Development, Hon. Joe Ghartey, will roll-out the comprehensive plan my Government has for the redevelopment of our country’s railway sector,” he added

Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com