The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has revealed that his next administration will undertake a comprehensive audit of the Keta Port to assess the progress made under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and determine the way forward.
Speaking during a media engagement in Ho as part of his campaign tour of the Volta Region, the NDC flagbearer emphasised the importance of conducting a thorough needs assessment before establishing a new port between Tema Harbour and the Port of Lomé which are both major ports. Mahama highlighted the need to avoid the mistakes made with the Boankra inland port to ensure that the project does not become a “white elephant.”
“We will prioritise it and once I become president, one of the first things I will ask for is the feasibility study of the Keta Port and once we have seen it, we will let the public see it and based on that, we can take it from there.
“If there must be a port there, there must be a specialised port for something because we have Tema and Lomé. If we have an intermediate port, is it going to handle the same cargo that Tema and Lomé are handling?
“Those are all things that we have to look at and determine how to move forward and so they should stop playing politics with it and let us see the feasibility study, the design of the port and move forward.”
By: Benjamin Aklama
