President Akufo-Addo has today, Friday, 26th May 2023, commissioned the Elmina Fishing Port Project.
The Port according to the President will serve as a big boost for the fishing industry in this famous city, and will be a symbol of hope, progress and prosperity for the people of Elmina.
At the ceremony, he thanked the people of Elmina for trusting the Akufo-Addo government to deliver this project, whose sod he cut on 20th August 2020.
He also thanked them for not listening to persons he described as the naysayers.
He specifically slammed Mr. John Dramani Mahama for describing the project as “Sakawa”.
“I remember that, after cutting the sod, the former President, John Dramani Mahama, the perennial NDC presidential candidate, came to Elmina four (4) months later, in December, and described the fishing harbour as “a sakawa fishing harbour”. He was emphatic in his statements that the construction of the Elmina Harbour would never materialise. It is just as well that he is not God, and I am equally happy that he, together with all the naysayers, are alive today to see President Akufo-Addo commissioning the Elmina Fishing Port,” he said.
According to him, “the Elmina Fishing Port Project represents a significant milestone, and adds to the existing two (2) fishing ports of Tema and Sekondi-Takoradi.
We are also on course to complete works on the Jamestown Fishing Port, which would bring the total number of fishing ports in the country to four (4).
The government remains resolute, and will continue to pursue programmes and initiatives that support the growth of the fish industry.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
