A lecturer at the University of Ghana Business School, Dr Ebo Turkson has implored government to focus on expanding the railway sector in the country and prioritize infrastructure in such a way that the economic benefits will be enormous for the state.
This comes after the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) during their manifesto launch over the weekend in Cape Coast promised to build a new airport for the region.
Speaking at the function, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia said, “we are going to build a new harbor and a new airport in Cape Coast. It is very critical…that the central region gets it own airport.”
Dr Ebo Turkson insisted the people of Cape Coast rather need a fishing harbour to create employment and help the people get out of poverty quickly.
“I think the importance of building a harbor in Cape Coast is something that’s long overdue. When you talk about harbour in the Central Region, one will think about a fishing harbour,” he said on the Morning Starr on Monday.
He added, “the fact that it will bring more fishing activities and employment to the Central Region is what I’m looking at. As for a harbour not in terms of fishing but for other activities, I won’t say it is very important.”
“We should look at expanding the Takoradi airport and not siting a new one in the Central Region.We need to prioritize our infrastructure in such a way that the economic benefits will be enormous for the state. I’ll rather call for a very big fishing harbour and other things that help the people in the Central Region get out of poverty quickly.
“If I was going to advise government, I’ll suggest that we expand the Takoradi airport to an international one and build a fishing harbour in Cape Coast,” Dr Turkson said.
Source: GhanaFeed.com
