News:
February 4, 2019
Minister for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea has disclosed Government’s vision to develop a long term 550 kilometre coastline master plan aimed at protecting the country’s coastline in order to safeguard lives, livelihood, properties and communities.
The Minister who is the Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South disclosed this on the floor of parliament in response to a question posed by the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George on when the construction of the Ningo Sea Defence would commence.
According to him government has resolved to protect the coastline to safeguard lives as well as to promote socio-economic activities, particularly for the fishermen and women.
“It is government’s vision to develop a Master Plan for the 550kilometre coastline of Ghana. This will include reclamation of land from the sea for the construction of world class hotels and other tourist resorts overlooking the Atlantic Ocean to boost tourist revenue and improve employment opportunities as well as rejuvenate the fortunes of the coastal communities” he stated.
A number of communities and towns along the coasts of Ghana have been inundated with serious tidal waves wiping out these communities while livelihoods and properties have been affected or destroyed.
The master plan is therefore aimed at curbing the effects of tidal waves and rising sea levels on the coastline.
Christian Kpesese/ ghanamps.com