Government through the Coastal Development Authority (CODA) has completed a total of 129 infrastructural projects across the Coastal Development Zones of the country.
These completed infrastructural projects form part of Government’s agenda on inclusive growth and poverty alleviation particularly in the coastal zones of the country.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Authority, Jerry Ahmed Shaib made the remarks at the Minister’s Press Briefing organized by the Ministry of Information in Accra on Wednesday, February 23, 2022.
“Government has completed a total of 129 infrastructure projects across the coastal zones of the country, which is the 6 regions and 109 constituencies, with the remaining at various stages of completion” he said.
He mentioned that some of these projects include durbar grounds, boreholes, AstroTurf pitches, health facilities, libraries, classroom blocks, school dormitories, drains, roads, lorry parks and market centres.
Part of his updates, Mr. Shaib also indicated that the Authority as part of achieving the principle of sustainable development and bringing development closer to the doorstep of people within the coastal zones of the country has embarked on numerous poverty alleviation programmes.
One of such projects he said is the ‘CODA drive’ initiative, which provides commercial motorcycle riders Bajaj vehicles on a hire-purchase basis. This, he said forms part of processes to phase out the commercial motorcycle business also known as ‘okada’.
He added that the Authority has also procured and distributed over three thousand subsidized outboard motors to fisher folks which included inland fishers as part of efforts by the Authority to boost Ghana’s fishing industry and help fisherfolks get bumper harvest.
Source: MOI (PR Unit)
