THE newly-constructed Jamestown Fishing Harbour at Jamestown within the Better Accra Area was final Friday inaugurated in Accra amidst pomp and pageantry by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The extremely ecstatic crowd drawn primarily from Ga Mashie who had been visiting the brand new facility for the primary time because the graduation of the challenge some 5 years in the past, couldn’t conceal their pleasure when the President minimize the tape to indicate the official opening of the harbour.
Amid drumming and dancing the big crowd that trooped to the venue might be seen shifting up and down from one location of the power to the opposite in an tour tour of the brand new edifice.
Aside from the big military of locals current on the inauguration ceremony had been a big retinue of chiefs and conventional monks together with the Ga Mantse, Nii Tackie Teiko Tsru II, the Paramount Chief of Nungua and appearing President of the Better Accra Regional Home of Chiefs, Oboade Notse Odaifio Welentsi III, the Sempe Mantse, Nii Adotey Otinto, Nai Wulomo and Sakumo Wulomo.
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Additionally current had been ministers of state and excessive profile personalities and political figures together with, the First Girl, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo; the spouse of the New Patriotic Occasion (NPP) operating mate, Mrs Alma Opoku Prempeh and the Chinese language Ambassador to Ghana, Tong Defa.
Different personalities current had been the Ministers of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah; Minister of the Inside, Henry Quartey; Minister of Communication and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful; Better Accra Regional Minister, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover and the Mayor of Accra, Elizabeth Naa Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey.
The scope of labor included, dredging, breakwater development, berthing amenities, navigational aids, paved roads and yard, water provide and drainage works, electrical engineering works, mechanical gear and corrosion prevention programs.
Aside from being a state-of-the-art facility, the harbour has an administration and workplace constructing, outlets, a fish market, ice-making plant with a capability of 60 tonnes per day, a chilly storage facility with a capability of 200 tonnes, an engine restore workshop, ship restore workshop, an hydraulic construction engineering facility, a kindergarten, an entrance guard, sewage remedy room, police and hearth safety station.
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Inaugurating the power, President Akufo-Addo mentioned it was a challenge of appreciable nationwide significance requiring appreciable collaboration amongst all stakeholders to make sure it served its function.
He mentioned “These will not be simply buildings; there are investments in the way forward for this group. Take, for example, the inclusion of daycare centres designed to permit our hardworking moms to commerce with a peace of thoughts, understanding that their youngsters are secure.”
President Akufo-Addo mentioned the brand new harbour other than reworking the fisheries sector would create jobs, empower the home financial system, and revitalise the lives of the trustworthy merchants of Jamestown and its fast environs.
The Ga Mantse on his half expressed his profound gratitude to the President and his authorities on behalf of the folks of Jamestown and Ga Mashie as an entire for making the modernisation of the Jamestown Fishing Harbour a actuality.
He mentioned for years the need of the folks was to have such a contemporary facility to enhance their fishing actions and their livelihoods.
Nii Teiko Tsuru mentioned the power was not simply an edifice however an expression of the federal government’s dedication to the progress and growth of the folks of Accra.
The Chinese language Ambassador mentioned the Jamestown Fishing Harbour challenge confirmed China’s dedication to strengthen bilateral ties with Ghana for socio-economic growth.
Work commenced on the Jamestown Fishing Harbour in 2018 via the collaborative efforts of quite a few stakeholders, manufactured from the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA), CRCC Harbour and Channel Engineering Bureau Group Co. Ltd, the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Growth and the Accra Metropolitan Meeting (AMA), with funding from the Individuals’s Republic of China.
