Accra Plains to become administrative capital  -President Mahama

Meet members of the seven-member Anti-Flood Taskforce

Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama in March inaugurated the Anti-Flood Taskforce to combat Ghana’s persistent flooding challenges.  The seven-member team is chaired by Mr Stanislav Xoese Dogbe, Deputy Chief of Staff in charge of Operations at the Presidency. Other members include Mr Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing; Mr Ahmed Ibrahim, Minister of Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs; Deputy …

Accra Plains to become administrative capital  -President Mahama

Ghana is to have a new administrative capital as part of measures to per­manently decongest the capital city of Accra, the President, John Dramani Mahama, revealed on Friday. Consequently the government would be­gin the development of a new administrative city on the Accra Plains. Selected government offices, the Presi­dent said would be relocated to the pro­posed new administrative hub which would be connected to Accra by an expressway and a ra…

Government To Begin Design And Feasibility Study For A New City

As a permanent fix to decongest Accra, the Government will soon begin the design and feasibility study for a new city, President John Dramani Mahama, has said.   He said some of the government offices and agencies would be moved out of Accra to the new city.    “I believe that this city will be located somewhere on the Accra plains from Bundasi, straddling across Greater Accra, Eastern Region and Volta regions. The city will straddle three regio…