Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will forever be remembered for these legacy projects:
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●Free SHS
/●STEM Education.
●Historic 80 educational projects commissioned in one day.
●Fees of all Public School BECE Candidates absorbed
●Over 3,000 Education infrastructure projects completed.
●Equipped Over 300 Science Laboratories across Ghana
●Over 150 Astroturfs built from only 3 in 2016.
●307 ambulances nationwide
●Free TVET.
●Several model STEM Schools built (Abomosu STEM, Kpasenkpe STEM SHS, Diaso STEM SHS, Deduako STEM SHS, Bosomtwe Girls STEM, Dabaa STEM SHS, Accra STEM Academy, Sewua STEM School, Bosomtwe boys STEM, Weija STEM School Juaben STEM, Sunyani STEM)
●Agenda 111.
●Upgrading our police and security services.
●Four Security Fighter Vessels for Ghana Navy
●3 Helicopters for the Police
●Restoration of trainee allowances.
●Free Dialysis, sickle cell and childhood cancer treatments under NHIS
●1 district 1 factory. The largest industrialisation drive since independence.(Over 300 Factories supported, 170 fully operational)
●Ghana now has 6 automobiles operating in Ghana (Nissan, VW, Toyota, Sinotruk, Peugeot, Suzuki)
●Ghana Integrated Aluminium Development Corporation (GIADEC) for processing Bauxite into Alumina
●Ghana Integrated Iron and Steel Development Corporation (GIISDEC) for processing of Iron Ore (Mines being set up)
●Lithium Mines for production of lithium-ion batteries
●Petroleum Hub Development Corporation to build Refineries, Plants and other ancillary Set ups to process Petroleum Products.
●Support for Strategic Anchor Industries targeting Garment and Textiles, Pharmaceutical Industries
●Ghana Cares Agric Economic Enclaves in GA, Oti and Ashanti Region.
●Ghana now has the largest medical drone delivery service in the world.
●Ghana now has the largest bitumen manufacturing plant in Africa.
●Ghana now has the largest pharmaceutical plant in West Africa (Atlantic lifesciences)
●West Africa's largest floating solar plant on the Bui reservoir.
●Digitalisation.
●Biometric multipurpose Ghana card
●Akufo-Addo did more rural telephony network than any other government since 1992 (increasing from 78 sites to 1008 sites)
●No Cholera outbreak during his term.
●12,000 km of roads.
●14 Fishing landing sites and ports.
●Prempeh I International Airport.
●Tamale International Airport.
●Sunyani Airport upgraded and reopened (closed in 2015).
●1st Private Jet Terminal at KIA
The Akufo-Addo/Bawumia Government built these Universities:
●Local Government University, Akomadan-Offinso North, Ashanti
● Phase II of the University of Health & Allied Sciences, Ho (Biggest midwifery school in West Africa at UHAS)
●University of Engineering And Agricultural Science at Bunso, Eastern Region
●Phase II of University of Environment and Sustainable Development (UESD) at Somanya
●School of Railway & infrastructure Dev't, Tarkwa
●University of Engineering and Applied Science, Akrodie, Ahafo
●The first 4 tier interchange in Ghana at Pokuase.
●Eastern Corridor roads
●Kayayes being developed with lucrative skills in Free TVET hostels.
●Digital Address System.
●Reconstruction of Appiatse.
●Cocoa farmers pension scheme.
●Free WiFi in 700 plus senior high schools and tertiary institutions.
●Zongo Development Fund.
●Introduction of Paperless Port.
●Over 100 buses for secondary schools
●Over 10,000 CCTV cameras installed nationwide.
●No Guarantor student loan policy.
●Ghana now has the seat of the African Free Continental Trade
●Tema Mpakadan railway.
●10 Multipurpose Youth Sports Centers (5,000 stadium capacity).
●Borteyman Sports complex.
●University of Ghana Sports Complex.
●Greatest tourism drive: Year of Return, Beyond the Return and Destination Ghana.
●Ghana now has the highest number of returnees in Africa (diaspora folks who have naturalised as Ghanaians)
●Decentralisation of 6th March celebrations to boost local tourism.
●Approved visa free travels for all African passport holders
●Completion of Euroget hospitals and others
●Over 100 hospital and health projects completed aside Agenda 111
● 70% completion of Dualisation of Accra Kumasi Road (4 bypasses)
●Local streaming app for musicians.
●1st Creative Arts school
●Ghana is now the largest exporter of Yam in the world.
●NPP took agric from negative under Mahama to 8.4%.
●Took Gold reserves from 8.74 tons to 28.1 tons largely due to Gold for Oil program.
●Kwame Nkrumah Museum and Asomdwe Park.
●Bonwire Kente Museum
●District Road Improvement Program.
●1 Student 1 Laptop
●Nana Addo kept the lights on for 8 years.
●Built 3 new fire service schools from only 1 as at 2016.
●Ghana's highest ever Cocoa production 1 million metric tons (2020/2021)
●Cocoa Mass Spraying and Hand pollination.
●Increased Cocoa bag prices from 476gh in 2016 to 3100gh in 2024.
●Ghana has not imported Maize since 2017
●Ghana now the largest producer of Coconut (412,459 tonnes/annum)
●UGMC Phase 2
●70% completion of Komfo Anokye Hospital Maternity ward
●80% completion of Kumasi Kejetia Central Market Phase 2
●Many housing projects all across Ghana.
●National rent assistance scheme.
●Lawra Solar plant farm
●Pokuase Bulk Power supply
●Installation of K1TTP to improve power supply in the middle belt.
●1st Islamic Nursing school
●Built 77 public libraries nationwide making it 137 (60 public libraries in total as at 2016)
●Local production of PPE's and drugs
●Green Ghana Project
●Entrepreneurship Interventions (YouStart, GSDF, GETP etc)
●Slashing down government appointees salaries by 30%.
●2.3 million direct and indirect jobs created.
●Moving unemployment from 8.4% in 2016 to 4% in 2024 according to Fitch Solutions
●Took economic growth from 3.4% in 2016 to 5.7% in 2024 in global crisis.
●Created 6 Extra regions and built their administrative offices.
●Free electricity and water during covid 19 lockdown.
●Paid workers salaries and allowances during covid 19 lockdown and pandemic.
●Saved Ghana 10 trillion cedis in judgement debts
●Constructed more fish landing sites than any other government since 1992, including Axim, Dixcove, Moree, Mumford, Winneba, Senya Breku, Gomoa Fetteh, Teshie, Osu, Ekumfi, and Mfantseman
●Improved the operational capabilities of the Ghana Police Service by providing 933 vehicles, 4,202 motorbikes, and 3 helicopters, improving their mobility and presence across the country
●Constructed more courts and accommodation for the judiciary than any other government since 1992, including 120 courts (80 completed) and 150 bungalows for the judiciary
●Elmina and James Town fishing harbours
●Planting For Food and Jobs/Rearing for Food and Jobs
●Development Bank Ghana
●Tree Crops Development Authority
●IPEP: CODA, MDA, NDA (1 Constituency, 1 Million)
●Retooling and Giving Logistics to Security Services
●Increased Scholarship beneficiaries by 70%
●Tripled the capitation grant per child from GH¢5 in 2016 to GH¢15 in 2024
●Had the lowest increase in electricity tariffs in recent history. Between 2009 and 2016, the average annual increase in end-user electricity tariffs was 50% per year. Between 2017 and 2023 on the other hand, the average annual increase was 11.1%.
●Introduced the National Rental Assistance Scheme (NRAS) to assist people with rent advance.
●Increased the share of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) to Persons With Disability (PWDs) by 50%
●Increased expenditure on the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme from GH₵49 million in 2016 to GH₵423 million by 2023
●Increased expenditure on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) from GH₵ 1.1 billion in 2016 to GH₵ 6.8 billion in 2024
●Increased NHIS active membership from 10.8 million in 2018 to over 17 million people in 2023
●Fed over 4 million beneficiaries under the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) in 2024, compared to 1.6 million in 2016
●Absorbed examination fees for all students for BECE and WASSCE examinations
●Doubled the number of student loan recipients, from 30,000 on average per year before its introduction to 58,000
●Introduced Mobile Money Interoperability (MMI) which has led to Ghana achieving 100% financial inclusion
●Procured 900,000 tablets for distribution to all secondary school students
● Distributed 2,718 vehicles of all types to various agencies under the Ministry of Education, helping to improve access and reducing inequalities in education
●Added 134.1 MW of renewable energy to our energy mix, from a low of 37.7 in 2016 to 171.8 MW
●Distributed 430,000 to promote clean cooking and to reduce the harmful effects of smoke
●Completed 428 CHPs compounds and 230 Health Centres
●Procured 307 Ambulances for distribution to each Constituency, and all Regional and Teaching Hospitals, to enhance healthcare delivery
●Increased the number of the Ghana Police Service by almost 40% (from 33,213 in 2016 to 46,116) in 2023, we more than doubled the number of personnel in the Fire Service from 7,000 in 2016 to 15,000 by 2023
●Doubled Ghana Prisons Service personnel from 5,431 in 2016 to 11,472 in 2023
●More than tripled the Ghana Immigration Service workforce from 4,270 in 2016 to 13,646 in 2023, and
●Since 2017, 1,000 housing units have been constructed to support the accommodation needs of security services personnel. Two additional Data Centres and Emergency Command Centre (ECC) facilities in Kumasi and Tamale have been established, and, the
●Attained a Balance of Trade surplus for the first time in over 22 years
●Established the Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) and recruited more than 100,000 graduates for four years. 34,000 of the trainees obtained permanent employment
●Established the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) with over 60,000 small businesses funded, and 340,000 young entrepreneurs given entrepreneurial training
●The Ghana Enterprises Agency has provided Business Development Support to over 1.3 million beneficiaries and Provided Grants/loans to 332,425 beneficiaries and created 56,680 new businesses and 100,086new jobs
●70. CTVET through the Ghana Skills Development Fund has so far committed Ghc 332 million in grant funds to 100s of Enterprises. A total of 42,000 existing and new jobs have been sustained and created.
●Establishment of Business Resource Centres and Technology Solution Centres across Ghana
●Passed the Right to Information Act
●Passed the Affirmative Action Act
●Constructed 80,000-metric-ton warehouses under “One District, One Warehouse” Initiative
●Constructed about 400 out of the 560 small earth dams in the 5 northern regions in fulfilment of the “One Village, One Dam” promise
●Construction of 12 multi-tier interchanges in Accra, Tema, Tamale and Takoradi, 6 of which have been completed with another 6 under construction completed and commissioned
●Networked and digitised the records of all Teaching, Regional and District hospitals in Ghana. Referrals of patients from one jurisdiction to another no longer requires that the patient’s folder be physically transported
●Implemented a one-stop portal (Ghana.Gov) for all MMDAs. 1,507 MMDAs out of 1,517 (99%) have so far been onboarded on the platform
●Over 2,500 new Educational Infrastructure Projects initiated since 2017.
●Over 3,000 Vehicles distributed to various agencies and institutions under the Ministry of Education
●1,500 motorbikes have been distributed to various agencies and institutions under the Ministry of
Education.
●Distributed 350,000 Laptops to Ghanaian teachers
●Over 1 million furniture
distributed to basic and secondary schools
between 2019-2021
●Built 6 Kayayei Hostels and Learning Centres in Accra, Kumasi and Techiman
●Built a National Aquaculture Centre
●Boankra Inland Port (First phase almost completed)
●Residential Enclave in Kumasi for Appeal Court Judges
●WATER PROJECTS:
11.5 Million Euro Water Supply Project at Adaklu – Volta Region
37.6 Million Euro Water Supply Project Upper East Region
GH¢13.9 Million Salaga Water Supply Project – Savannah Region
US$47.5 Million Yapei, Fufukso, Nyangwuripe, Ntereso,Yipala, etc Water Supply System all in the Central Gonja District
US$3.78 Million Piped Water Supply System at Amedzofe, Agortime Ziope, Ho West, Akpokope/Batume Juntion, Matse, Dzolo Gbogame and Adaklu-Anyigbe all in Volta Region
US$55.5 Million WA Water Treatment Plant to increase potable water supply 3.3 million gallons per day
4.5 million gallons Navrongo Water System
GH¢74.3 Million Water Projects in Central Region- beneficiary districts: Abura, Asebu,Kwamankese, Assin South, Gomoa West, Awutu Senya, Asikuma, Odoben Brakwa, Mfantsiman Municipal, etc.
85 Million Euro Keta Water Supply Rehabilitation and Expansion Project
US$49 Million Damango West Gonja District Water Project
Upper East Water Project
Sustainable Rural Water Supply Project in Northern, North East and Savannah Regions
●Resolving the Dagbon crisis
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