Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Buaben Asamoa has stated the construction of an airport in Cape Coast will attract tourists to the area which will eventually improve the lives of residents.
According to him, Cape Coast is a hub for tourism and developing the city will help its inhabitants and their communities develop, hence their need for an airport.
This comes after Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia announced that government will be construction an airport at Cape Coast in the Central region during the launch of the NPP 2020 elections manifesto.
There have since been many criticisms from the public who have stated an airport is not a priority for residents of Cape Coast now. Some suggested dualization of the roads that leads to the Central region, jobs, amongst others.
Reacting to this on the Epa Hoa Daben political show on Happy FM, Buaben Asamoah said, “If we don’t open up our country for development, we will never grow. We must make Cape Coast a hub for tourist activities. Ghana is 63 years and would have been retired if she were a person. Should she live in a mud house during her retirement?” he asked.
“Should we continue to live in poverty because we are poor? We need to develop Cape Coast because doing so will create jobs. And constructing an airport in the town will serve as an alternative to a lot of people.”
He argued that an airport in all regional capitals of the country would have been the best, insisting that “some people who arrive at Kotoka will wish to travel by plane to the other parts of the country by air and it is best to have an airport in all our regional capitals.”
“Because the people are poor, shouldn’t we serve them with rich things? People will travel to Cape Coast and spend a lot more money there and citing an airport in the town is the best. The revenue from tourism alone will improve their lives,” he reiterated.
Mr Asamoah further stated that dualizing the roads will not save people the stress of travelling to the region saying, “If we dualize the road, you’ll have to take a ‘trotro’ from Adenta to Kaneshie and that will take you about an hour. You will then have to sit in a Cape Coast vehicle for an hour until it is filled to capacity. After, it will take you an hour and 30 minutes to get to Cape Coast.”
He added, “It is about opening up the city for future investments. If we don’t construct the airport, we will be the cause of our own problems. We should open up the city for the people who believe in Ghana,” that is tourists.”
Source: GhanaFeed.com
