Bawumia Paves Way For First Inland Marine Port in Northern Ghana; Photos Pop Up

• Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has cut sod for construction works to begin on the first inland marine port in Northern Ghana
• The multimodal transport corridor, known as the Trans-Volta Logistics Corridor, includes an accompanying Industrial Park at Debre in the Savannah Region
• Photos from the sod-turning ceremony show the vice-president breaking ground for LMI Holdings to commence the project

Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has paved the path for construction works to commence on the first inland marine port in Northern Ghana.

The historic project includes an accompanying Industrial Park at Debre in the Savannah Region.

The multimodal transport corridor, known as the Trans-Volta Logistics Corridor, is being undertaken by LMI Holdings.

The project also involves the development of a system to transport containers and bulk cargo from the Port of Tema to Burkina Faso and other landlocked countries via the Volta Lake.

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The vice-president said an additional port will be constructed at the termination point of the Tema-Mpakadan railway line, which will facilitate the embarkation and disembarkation of cargo from Tema and Debre.

See photos from the sod-cutting event below:

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YEN.com.gh previously reported that President Nana Akufo-Addo has cut sod for the construction of the University of Engineering and Agricultural Sciences at Bunso in the Eastern Region on Friday.

The $90 million university is in fulfillment of the pledge the president made in this year's message on the State of the Nation on March 30, 2022.

''Steps were being taken to turn the planned Bunso campus of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development into a standalone, independent university dedicated to the study of Engineering,'' he said.

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Akufo-Addo Commissions $35m Factory at Ningo-Prampram

Also, YEN.com.gh previously reported that President Nana Akufo-Addo commissioned Atlantic LifeSciences Ltd, a company operating under the government’s 1-District-1-Factory initiative.

The president was joined by Alan Kyerematen, the Minister of Trade and Industry, and other officials during the commissioning at Ningo-Prampram in the Greater Accra Region on Friday, April 22.

In a Facebook post, he disclosed that Atlantic LifeSciences Ltd is the 107th factory completed and operating under the 1D1F initiative, out of 278 enterprises being established and rehabilitated across the country.

Source: YEN.com.gh