V/R: Akufo-Addo commissions Naval Training Command at Agorta-Nutekpor
Naval Training Command at Agorta-Nutekpor
The President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has today, 20th October, 2020 commissioned the Naval Training Command in the Volta Region of Ghana. The Naval Training Command commissioned by the president is situated at Agorta-Nutekpor in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region, Ghana.
The commissioning of the project which is currently underway at the premises of the Naval Training Command at the department of School of Maritime Operations is the first to happen in the District and the region as well.
The newly commissioned Naval Training Command has five (5) major departments. These are; Naval recruits training school administration, Medical Centre, Instructors accommodation, Accommodation for students, School of Maritime Operations and Naval Training Command Headquarters.
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The President’s visit to the South Tongu to commission the project is part of his three-day working visit to the Volta and Oti regions. He commenced his tour from Agorta-Nutekpor in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region to commission security installations there.
After the commissioning of Naval Training Command at Agorta-Nutekpor in the South Tongu constituency, President Nana Akufo-Addo will also cut the sod for new projects to commence. The President will also use the opportunity to meet the Chiefs and people of the respective traditional areas within the Region.
Nana Addo is expected to tour the Volta and Oti regions from Tuesday 20th October to Thursday, 22nd October, 2020. The President will on this visit commission road projects, hospitals and security installations.
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After commissioning the Naval Training Command at Agorta-Nutekpor in the South Tongu constituency, the president will proceed to the Central Park to attend a durbar of Chiefs and people of Afife in appreciation of his enstoolment in 2017 as a Chief of the traditional area.
He will also commission the €14.5 million Ketu North Municipal Hospital at Weta, and hold a meeting with the Chiefs of Dodze and Penyi at Penyi.
On Wednesday, 21st October, President Akufo-Addo will inspect the ongoing construction of the Nkonya-Kwamikrom road at Nkonya in the Biakoye Constituency, the Jasikan-Dodi-Pepeso road in the Buem constituency, and the Nkwanta North-Nkwanta South road in Kpassa in the Nkwanta North constituency.
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Later that day, he will cut the sod for the Regional Directorate of the Youth Employment Agency at Yabram.
On Thursday 22nd October, the President will inspect work on the Kete Krachi Town Roads in the Krachi West constituency. He will commission the Nandi Junction-Dordo Kope road and the Krachi-Banda road at Borae Junction in the Krachi Nchumuru constituency.
President Akufo-Addo will also attend a meeting with the Oti Regional House of Chiefs at Dambai, cut sod for the NYA Youth Resource Centre there, and end the 3-day work in the two regions with a sod cutting ceremony for the construction of the Zoomlion Waste Recycling and Compost Plant at Yariga No.1 also in the Krachi East constituency of the Oti region.
Watch the video below for the arrival of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
See some photos from the commissioning exercise.
SOURCE: Coverghana.com.gh