The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo explaining why he said he never promised a harbour in Cape Coast, he said “I made a mistake let me just confess it. In looking at the Manifesto I tried to do that before I go there and I saw one thing talking about the landing site and I didn’t go further.”
He believes that there is still a need to rethink the construction of a harbour in Cape Coast.
According to him, he was only human and could make a mistake at any point in time, saying the initial plan was not to build a harbour at Cape Coast.
“But in any event aside from the mistake, I think we have to rethink a lot of things, we have a harbour in Elimina being developed now…”
President Akufo Addo, the then Candidate for New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised to build a harbour in the Central Regional capital while campaigning in the run-up to the 2020 elections.
However, later, he said the commitment was never to build a harbour, rather, a landing site.
This certainly did not go well with the people of Cape Coast after their hopes were raised.
During an interview with Peace FM on Thursday, October 21, 2021, the President said,” It was a mistake and I have to apologise to the people of Cape Coast.”
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