Ablekuma West MP engages shiabu residents on the new Chemuenaa ‘floating’ footbridge

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On Friday, January 10, 2020 at Shiabu Chemuenaa near the ‘Wallace Park’, the Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma West Constituency and Ghana’s Minister for Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful engaged constituents in Shiabu on the newly constructed ‘floating’ footbridge, which lies on the Chemu River, and also on other matters of concern to the community.

BestNewsGH.com is informed that Mrs. Ekuful was joined by  the Honourable Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong – Boateng who is the chief architect of the ‘floating bridge’ project.

The Honourable Municipal Chief Executive of the Ablekuma West Municipal Assembly, Mr. George Cyril Bray, the CEO of the Coastal Development, Mr. Jerry Ahmed Shaib and many other dignitaries were at the program.

Mrs. Owusu-Ekuful in her address thanked Prof. Kwabena Frimpong – Boateng for his effort in the construction of the temporary footbridge for the Chemuenaa people. She assured the people that a permanent bridge will be constructed in due course.

She also  announced, amid cheers from the gathering that, asphalt works which had began in the Dansoman Estates will be touching  the roads in Shiabu very soon.

The CEO of the Coastal Development Authority also outlined a series of programs the authority in collaboration with the Member of Parliament will be rolling out for fisherfolk in the community. He mentioned that the Authority will be distributing outboard motors and other fishing gadgets to the fisherfolk at reduced prices and also the  ‘ahotor’ micro-credit scheme which will provide cash to fisherfolks for their businesses.

Source: BestNewsGH.com


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Kennedy Mornah is an Award Winning Ghanaian Journalist with over two decades of experience in the Ghanaian Media landscape spanning the electronic, print and digital media. He is a Media Consultant, a Corporate MC, Radio and TV Host, Founder and Publisher of the Maritime and Transport Digest Newspaper, Businessman, a Go getter and an optimist. He has worked for renowned media organizations including Diamond Fm in Tamale, Luv Fm in Kumasi, Oman Fm in Accra and Starr Fm in Accra In 2017 he received the Reporter of the Year Award at the Ghana Shippers Awards in Accra, Ghana.

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