[ads5]It was all joy and bliss when President Akufo-Addo landed at the Upper East Region’s Bolga to begin a two-day tour in the region.
Having toured the likes of Ashanti, Western Regions, the President will continue his nationwide tour in the Upper East Region to commission, and inspect on-going projects in the region.
Officially the tour is expected to begin on Wednesday, October 7 according to the itinerary from the Region’s Coordinating Council.
But the inhabitants couldn’t hold their joy when President Akufo-Addo landed in Bolga to begin the tour as thousands trooped to welcome the President to the region.[ads4]
This is the fourth time President Akufo-Addo has travelled to the region since assuming office in January, 2017.
Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo will on the first day inspect an Irrigation Dam project under the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA) at Namoalgu in the Talensi District, and proceed to address a durbar of Chiefs at Tongo, the district capital.
He would also inspect the Bolgatanga-Bawku road, address a durbar of Chiefs and people in the Bawku Municipality, and on the same day meet with the New Patriotic Party’s Regional and constituency executives in the Bolgatanga Central Constituency, including Parliamentary Aspirants.[ads3]
He will later commission a warehouse under the ‘One District, One Warehouse’ project at Nangodi in the Nabdam District, and address a durbar of Chiefs and people of the area.
He would later in the day meet with Municipal And District Chief Executives across the Region and further commission newly installed street lights in the Bolgatanga Municipality to climax activities of the first day.[ads2]
On the second day of his visit, he will have a radio interview in Bolgatanga before proceeding to meet with members of the Regional House of Chiefs.
The itinerary indicated that the President would commission various educational projects under the Senior High School Intervention Projects (SHSIPs) at Zamse Senior High Technical School (Zamstech) and the Bolgatanga Girls Senior High School (BOGISS).[ads1]
He would climax his tour with an inspection of ongoing work on an inland Port at the Paga border in the Kassena-Nankana West District before leaving to Tamale.