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Photos: KIA's Terminal 3 draws praise from Ghanaians, foreigners

by  Samuel Obour 2 min read

The recently-commissioned state-of-the-art Terminal 3 at the Kotoka International Airport has drawn praise from many Ghanaians and foreigners who have used the facility.

KIA's Terminal 3 draws praise from Ghanaians, foreigners
KIA's Terminal 3. Facebook.com/We are Ga
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The $250 million project, which was initiated by president John Mahama in 2015 and commissioned by President Nana Akufo-Addo in June 2018, can handle five million passengers per year, an average of 13,000 passengers a day.

KIA's Terminal 3 draws praise from Ghanaians, foreigners
KIA's Terminal 3. Image credit: Facebook.com/We are Ga
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A total of 1,250 passengers can be processed per hour. The facility also has an additional 7,000 square metres retail area.

KIA's Terminal 3 draws praise from Ghanaians, foreigners

The new terminal, which has five levels spreading across a land size of 48,268 square metres, has six boarding bridges, seven links which are expandable to eight in the near future, four 80-metre long electronic carousels, a 707-capacity parking lot and a new road network.

KIA's Terminal 3 draws praise from Ghanaians, foreigners
KIA's Terminal. Image credit: Facebook.com/We Are Ga
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A Nigerian musician recently went viral on social media when he praised the airport and condemned what he said was a lack of development in his home country.

Nigeria, actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo also praised the facility when he visited Ghana recently.

"This is not Europe. It is Kotoka International Airport, Accra. World class in Africa. Kudos Ghana," he wrote on Instagram.

KIA's Terminal 3 draws praise from Ghanaians, foreigners

Ordinary Ghanaians have also been full of praise for the new terminal, which they say points to the development taking place in the country.

KIA's Terminal 3 draws praise from Ghanaians, foreigners
KIA's terminal 3. Image credit: Facebook.com/We Are Ga
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The managing director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Mr John Dekyem Attafuah, has said that the facility will create more jobs for Ghanaians.

KIA's Terminal 3 draws praise from Ghanaians, foreigners
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Attafuah said Terminal 3 would also attract new airlines to operate from Ghana.

“We should be able to develop new routes to new destinations. We are currently looking at attracting investments from China and South America,” he said in an interview with the Daily Graphic.

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KIA's Terminal 3 draws praise from Ghanaians, foreigners
Image credit: Facebook.com/We Are Ga
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The facility was built by Turkish construction company, Mapa Construction MNG Holding.

KIA's Terminal 3 draws praise from Ghanaians, foreigners
Image credit: Facebook.com/We Are Ga
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Samuel Obour (Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief) Samuel Obour has 12 years of experience in print and digital journalism. He graduated from the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 2010. He began his career at Graphic Communications Group Limited, where he worked with The Mirror, the Daily Graphic, and Graphic.com.gh. Samuel has been with yen.com.gh since 2016. He can be reached via samuel.obour@yen.com.gh.

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