Akufo-Addo Declares 2021 As Another Year Of Roads
“Roads are being constructed at a mutual faster pace than before. I acknowledge that there are still more kilometers to be constructed.” President Akufo-Addo has stressed
According to him, he defined last year as year of roads adding that this year will be the second ‘year of roads’ “as we continue with our focus on dealing with the deficit in our road Infrastructure.
Speaking at his swearing-in ceremony in Parliament on Thursday monitored by Wontumionline.com, he insisted that, the development of the rail sector on which considerable resources and energies are being devoted will open up the country and lead to the creation of a more connected society.
He further said it will also help realise the goal of Regional and continental integration adding that Ghana, which has the privilege of hosting the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area, intends to be one of the main drivers of its success.
“The AfCFTA provides us, Africans, with a great opportunity to exploit and develop our resources for the benefit of our own people, and end the centuries-old exploitation of our continent’s vast wealth for the benefit of others.” He noted.
President Akufo-Addo acknowledged that that, the country’s economy even in the face of the global pandemic of COVID-19 “continues to show resilience and a much faster rate of recovery than originally envisaged and was indeed one of the fastest growing economies in the world in 2020.”
According to him”Ghana remains as one of the most attractive destinations on the continent for foreign direct investment with the presence in the country of some of the world’s largest conglomerates attesting to this fact.”
President Akufo-Addo stated that that establishing a strong economy, undergoing structural transformation to value added activities which will generate jobs for the young people and enhance their living standards will be the main preoccupation in his second term.