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Ghana spearheads major infrastructural
project in Angola
Accra, Jan. 11, GNA - Ghana is spearheading an 85
million-dollar housing and infrastructure project in Angola
to kick-start in February 2007.
The projects being undertaking by TANCON Limited,
Ghana-based international management consultants and
Ghanaian and Angolan subsidiary companies would span 36
months.
As a follow up, a three-member Angolan delegation, led by
the Minister of Urban Affairs and Environment, Mr Diekumpuna
Sita N'sadisi Jose' met with the Vice President, Alhaji Aliu
Mahama and some Ghanaian officials at the Osu Castle to fine
tune the projects.
Vice President Mahama lauded the development projects as a
good example of South-South cooperation and the fulfilment
of the objectives of the Non-Aligned Movement.
He said deeper cooperation among Third World countries held
the prospects of alleviating poverty through the sharing of
resources and expertise.
Vice President Mahama noted that the exploitation of the
vast water resources in Africa through techniques like
irrigation should be able to push poverty outside the
Region.
He commended Angola for leaning on Ghana for support and not
eyeing any country beyond the continent.
Vice President Mahama said the private sector-led
development initiative in Angola deepened the commitment of
Ghana towards the promotion of the sector as the engine of
growth and wealth generation.
Mr Jose' said his visit was aimed at reactivating the
Ghana-Angola Joint Technical Cooperation signed between the
two countries in Luanda in 2005 and to finalise the
technical details to facilitate the success of the projects.
He said the projects, which would be piloted in the national
capital would later spread to other provinces, since the
bloody civil war the country experienced was now over.
Mr Jose' said the projects being funded by the Ministries of
Finance and Housing and Environment, was vital in Luanda,
which was home to nine million Angolans.
Mr Ernest Debrah, Minister of Food and Agriculture said
Ghana was ready to support Angola with irrigation expertise.
Mr Akwasi Osei-Adjei, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Regional Integration and NEPAD, also assured the Angolans
that Ghana was ready to support efforts to improve on
irrigation, education and energy redistribution management.
Dr Paul Tabiri, Chief Executive Officer of TABCON, said the
company would complete an old irrigation system Ghana
started in Angola, before the civil war and also provide a
number of building flats and infrastructure.
GNA
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