Retain NPP in power for continuity of projects – Adjei Mensah-Korsah

The Minister of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Develop­ment, Martin Adjei Mensah-Korsah, has advised Ghanaians to retain the NPP government in power in order to enable the party to con­tinue the transformational projects taking place in the various districts across the country.

He explained that a new govern­ment might have new priorities, abandon ongoing projects, and deny the people the benefits of such development initiatives.

The minister was speaking when he inaugurated the Dormaa transport terminal at Dormaa Ahenkro and a market at Berekum in the Bono Region.

Mensah-Korsah said the cur­rent government was delivering on its mandate and urged the elector­ate to vote massively for the NPP on December 7 for continuity.

The two projects, completed in 2022, are part of the Ghana Sec­ondary Cities Support programme, being carried out in 35 districts and municipalities across the country.

The Ghana Secondary Cities Support Programme (GSCP) is a World Bank-funded programme that helps improve urban man­agement and basic services in the country.

With a total investment of 245 million dollars, the programme under the Urban Development Grant is to revolutionarise urban infrastructure and management capacities of beneficiary commu­nities.

The Dormaa transport terminal at Dormaa Ahenkro consists of 21 stores, a police post, an ambulance bay, a fire post, waiting lounges, and a mechanised borehole.

The projects, according to Mensah-Korsah, were intended to improve infrastructure in urban communities as the population of the country increases.

He called on the Dormaa Mu­nicipal Assembly to set up a man­agement committee to take care of the facility in order to ensure its longevity.

At Berekum, the minister inaugurated the Berekum Thurs­day Market, which was completed in 2022 and is already in use with similar facilities to the Dormaa Bus Terminal.

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Dormaa Central, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, appealed to the people to reward the gov­ernment by voting massively for the NPP in the impending polls.

Nana Baffour Asare, Kyidom­hene of the Dormaa Traditional Council, commended the govern­ment for improving infrastructure in the Dormaa area since 2017.

He mentioned that the asphalt overlaying town roads and resource centre projects by the govern­ment, which, according to him, had improved the wellbeing of the people.

He pledged the support of the chiefs and people of the area toward government efforts to bring more developments to the municipality.

The Municipal Chief Executive of Berekum West, Kofi Agyei, expressed gratitude to the trans­port unions, especially the Ghana Road Transport Union (GPRTU), for its contribution to the con­struction of the market.