Deserted Elmina Fish Processing Plant to be integrated into Elmina Fishing Harbor Project - Transport Minister

The Ministry of Transport has requested the repair and consideration of the Elmina Fish Processing Plant into the Elmina Fishing Harbor project.

Area Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, says the Elmina Fishing Habour which is being constructed will be deficient in the event that the Fish Processing Plant isn't functional.

The 11.6-million-dollar fish handling plant was appointed in 2016.

Talking in a meeting with JoyNews subsequent to assessing the Elmina Fishing Harbor project, the Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, guaranteed that the harbor project when finished will serve individuals of Elmina as well as individuals of Cape Coast and the Central Region overall.

That's what he expressed, "We can't have this office completely working without the fish handling plant."

"This is a result of the presence of the plant that we did exclude the fish handling plant in the new development. In this way, in the event that there's an issue with it, we want to repair it and keep it working."

Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah

As indicated by him, "there can't be a fishing harbor without a fish handling plant, which incorporates a virus store. Thus, we want to have it prepared."

Elmina Fish Processing Plant

He requested the chiefs at the Ministry from Transport to liaise with the Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development for an evaluation to be finished for it to be integrated into the arrangement.

Kwaku Ofori Asiamah communicated fulfillment with the pace of work at present continuous at the site.

"I'm truly intrigued with the quality and level of the development that is being finished. The workers for hire let me know they are around 89% complete with the task and they make certain by January, 2023, the undertaking will be prepared," he said.

With respect to contention encompassing the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) guarantee that Cape Coast would get a harbor, the pastor said that the Ghana Ports and Harbors Authority has an end-all strategy that determines where ports ought to be found. As per the directions, Elmina is the area that seems OK for the harbor.

He said there ought not be any reason to worry on the grounds that once the harbor is finished, it will serve the occupants of Elmina as well as those of Cape Coast and any remaining regions inside the Central Region.

That's what he underlined , "In our GPHA ground breaking strategy, we name ports as per our directions, thus in the event that we say we will fabricate a harbor in Cape Coast, building it at Elmina is essential for a territory to which Cape Coast has a place."

"Mainly, the president vowed to construct the harbor, and he's structure it."

The project worker for the task, Wim Van Hoof, made sense of the work done as such far by Bellsea Limited Ghana.

He said, "It is known as the Elmina Fishing Harbor Rehabilitation Project. Before we started this undertaking, there were two sea walls and we have dealt with them. We have likewise done an immense recovery of land from the ocean. We are 90% finished, and by January 2023, we will finish the undertaking and hand it over to the service."

The 105 million euro project is supposed to assist with supporting the fishing organizations of individuals of Elmina, Cape Coast, and the Central Region.

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