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I Never Said I’ll Build A Harbour For You – Akufo-Addo ‘Kills’ Hopes Of Cape Coast Indigenes After Bawumia Promised Them Harbour
Residents of Cape Coast may have their hopes dashed after President Akufo-Addo insisted he never promised them a harbour.
According to the President, that infrastructure project was never a part of the list of commitments tabled before him for his second term.
“The commitment was never to a harbour; it was to a landing site,” he said on Cape Coast-based Eagle FM on Monday.
“I never said I was going to build a harbour in Cape Coast. I said I was going to build a landing site like what I’ve done in these six other places in the Central Region. Cape Coast will also have its landing site, and the construction of that will start next year.”
It can however, be recalled that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia promised the people of Cape Coast a harbour and an airport.
During his address at the launch of the party’s manifesto in August 2020, Dr Bawumia said “for the people of Cape Coast, I have good news for you. We are building a new harbour in Cape Coast and a new airport in Cape Coast.”
Meanwhile, on the idea of an airport in the region, President Akufo-Addo explained that consensus about the location among other studies is complete.
“The commitment to build the airport in Cape Coast, that one is 100% committed, work is ongoing it, and I think very soon, just as we have seen with Wa, Ho, Sunyani – its almost complete, Cape Coast will get its own airport,” he added.
