John Mahama Lied About Massive Infrastructure – Says Akufo Addo As He Commissioned Motorway Interchange Built By Mahama

President Akufo-Addo has taken another swipe at former President John Mahama and his administration over massive infrastructure claims. He said they are merely fantasies that exist only in their Green Book.

He said this while commissioning the newly constructed Tema Motorway Interchange in Accra on the 5th of June, 2020.

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— GHOne TV (@GHOneTV) June 7, 2020

Comprising a two-tier intersection, a tunnel in the East-West direction, four (4) kilometers of improved roads, four (4) pedestrian bridges, one at each approach to the intersection, and the presence of several drainage structures the project was financed by a grant secured from the Japanese government in March 2017 to the tune of ¥6 billion, or $56 million.

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Facts

In 2013, the Government of Ghana under the John Dramani Mahama administration requested a grant from the Government of Japan to implement the project (The Tema Motorway Interchange).

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) then selected and dispatched a survey team which was headed by Mr. Ryohei Watanabe of CTI Engineering International Co., LTD. from March 2015 to March 2017.

According to FactCheckGhana.com, the initial survey and detailed designs were undertaken between March 2015 and December 2016 and the final report submitted to the Ministry of Roads and Highways for review and approval. This was also noted in the 2016 Budget Statement and Economic Policy of Ghana.

Although then-president John Dramani Mahama had mentioned in his 2016 State of the Nation address that “preparatory works for the redevelopment of the Accra-Tema motorway into a six-lane road with four interchanges at Adjei Kojo, Abattoir, Teshie Link, and Tema Roundabout will commence soon,” the project did not start until February 2018.