In the New Patriotic Party’s manifesto which was launched on Saturday, 22nd August, 2020, the party hinted of a construction of Aiport in the Central region.
This raised a lot of controversies with others saying it is unnecessary to have an airport in the region. Others where also of the view that, central region host a lot of tourist, and an airport in the region won’t be a bad idea.
Vice president, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in a radio interview on PeaceFm has justified the need for an airport to be sited in Cape Coast in the Central region.
He said, “An airport in the Cape Coast is very necessary in the view of the government”, citing the historical significance of the town and its tourism potential.
According to the vice president, an airport in Cape Coast is more economically viable than the airport in Ho which was built by the erstwhile John Mahama’s government.
“In fact there is more of a case for an airport at cape coast than there was for an airport in Ho. There’s more of a case for it but I didn’t see a lot of resistance to the airport in Ho as I’m seeing in the airport of cape coast. In terms of the tourism potential Cape Coast is bigger. It’s good that we have an airport in Ho, that’s fine but I’m saying that the economic case is stronger in Cape Coast”, he explained.
The NPP vice presidential aspirant argued that there is quite a significant amount of traffic to Cape Coast because of tourism and education, hence the need for an airport.
In reaction to critics who suggest that priority be fixing the roads leading to Cape Coast, Dr. Bawumia said roads and railway development are part of the bigger infrastructural drive of the NPP.
He is positive that an airport in Cape Coast will boost the local economy and go a long way to help the people in the area.
Source: GhanaFeed.com
