News:
November 22, 2019
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta bounced back to Parliament less than the forty-eight hours the Minority gave for the Volta Region to be included in critical roads the 2020 budget was going to address.
According to Finance Minister his attention was drawn by the Volta Regional Minister and Energy Minister to an omission of the Volta Region from the list of critical roads in table 21 of the budget statement.
He noted that all the Regional Ministers were asked to submit list of critical roads which required immediate attention. In the case of the Volta Region, three (3) road projects were prioritize in the budget.
It turn out that on page 160 of the budget the region was inadvertently left out, “I am here to amend table 21 to include the critical roads in the Volta Region as originally agreed on for the avoidance of doubt, the critical roads for the Volta Region are; Asikuma-Have (45km), Have-Hohoe-Jasikan (83km and Ho-Dzodze-Denu (99km). This would not increase the 2020 appropriation because they are already included in the budget estimate of 2020.”
He further used the opportunity to inform members in the House of some other important roads projects in the region programmed for 2020 as indicated in paragraph 867, 868 of the budget statement.
In addition there would be dualisation of Ho main roads, construction of the Ho bypass, replacement and expansion works on the lower Volta bridge at Sogakope and construction of bridge over the Volta River at Volivo and Dufor Adidome-Asikuma junction road.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com
Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta bounced back to Parliament less than the forty-eight hours the Minority gave for the Volta Region to be included in critical roads the 2020 budget was going to address.
According to Finance Minister his attention was drawn by the Volta Regional Minister and Energy Minister to an omission of the Volta Region from the list of critical roads in table 21 of the budget statement.
He noted that all the Regional Ministers were asked to submit list of critical roads which required immediate attention. In the case of the Volta Region, three (3) road projects were prioritize in the budget.
It turn out that on page 160 of the budget the region was inadvertently left out, “I am here to amend table 21 to include the critical roads in the Volta Region as originally agreed on for the avoidance of doubt, the critical roads for the Volta Region are; Asikuma-Have (45km), Have-Hohoe-Jasikan (83km and Ho-Dzodze-Denu (99km). This would not increase the 2020 appropriation because they are already included in the budget estimate of 2020.”
He further used the opportunity to inform members in the House of some other important roads projects in the region programmed for 2020 as indicated in paragraph 867, 868 of the budget statement.
In addition there would be dualisation of Ho main roads, construction of the Ho bypass, replacement and expansion works on the lower Volta bridge at Sogakope and construction of bridge over the Volta River at Volivo and Dufor Adidome-Asikuma junction road.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com