Tag: Year of roads
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Prioritize government’s ‘Year of Roads’ agenda – Construction Chamber to Road Fund Board
The Ghana Chamber of Construction Industry says it expects the newly constituted Road Fund Board to work assiduously to achieve government’s year of roads agenda. Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber, Emmanuel Cherry, stated that “…the second year of roads is a mandate that the board must quickly prioritize to make sure that they realise…
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Akufo-Addo declares 2021 as ‘second year of roads’
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared 2021 as the “second year of roads”. Delivering his inaugural speech on Thursday, January 7, 2021, President Nana Akufo-Addo said he will largely focus and prioritize road projects to improve infrastructure this year. “Our roads are being constructed at a faster pace than before, and yes, there are…
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Mid-Year Budget Review: Economist urges gov’t to reduce expenditure
Government had big plans for the 2020 fiscal year when it delivered this year’s budget in November 2019. The fiscal year was tagged the ‘Year of roads’, an indication of how heavy it was going to be on infrastructure, particularly roads. But the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic from December 2019 through to now has…