GACL MD tours Anateem airport project site in Bolgatanga

The Managing Director for the Ghana Airport Com­pany Limited (GACL), Mrs Yvonne Nana Afriyie Opare, has visited the site of the airport project earmarked for construc­tion at Anateem, a community under Sumbrungu in Bolgatanga of the Upper East Region.The purpose of her visit to the site was to meticulously assess the suitability of the land in the area designated for the construc­tion of the long-awaited airport project.The MD, in the company of some technical team members from the GACL, was received by the Upper East Regional Minister, Mr Donatus Atanga Akamugri, at the Regional Coordinating Coun­cil (RCC) upon their arrival.

She received briefing on the progress of work from the Alangumgube Association whose members had contributed their widow’s mite to clear the site and graded the land to facilitate the building of the airstrip, before they set forth to tour the project site at Anateem.The visit of the MD to the region comes two weeks after the regional minister, in the company of some technical team members from GACL, visited the site to discover at first hand the progress of work on the clearing of the runway by the Alangumgube Asso­ciation for construction to begin.Speaking to journalists after the tour, Mrs Opare said she was over­whelmed by the “proactive spirit and unwavering industriousness” exhibited by the Alangumgube Group, as they created the path for a runway up to about 2,000 metres.



She added that the seriousness portrayed by the association had actually inspired the GACL to push forward to getting the execu­tion of the project on time.“We thank the Alangumgube Group for spending their own resources to grade the land and create the path for a runway up to about 2,000 metres. This shows a lot of seriousness for this project”, she observed.

Meanwhile, Mr Akamugri stat­ed that he had instructed the RCC to release the District Rehabili­tation Improvement Programme (DRIP) equipment to aid in the clearing of the runway.The Paramount Chief for the Nangodi Traditional Area, Napariyong Naba Kosom Asaga Yelzoya II, on his part, called on the GACL to “walk the talk”, and ensure the project was materialised to put an end to the several years of disappointment by successive governments.Naba Yelzoya, a Council of State Member and Spokesperson to the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs, indicated that the proj­ect, if actualised would become the driving force for development in the region, and that, any disap­pointment on the pledge to get it started and completed this year would attract the chagrin of the chiefs and people of the region.

The Anateem communi­ty in Bolgatanga had released over 7,000 acres of land for the Airport in the early 1970s, but successive governments had con­sistently failed to prioritise the construction of the project to ease the transportation challenge facing the people in the region. FROM FRANCIS DABRE DABANG, ANATEEMThe post GACL MD tours Anateem airport project site in Bolgatanga appeared first on Ghanaian Times..