Obuasi has experienced a transformative development under my administration - President Akufo-Addo

He appealed to the people to keep faith in the government, as the leadership worked assiduously to improve the living conditions of the citizens.

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The government will not shirk its responsibilities in the development of Obuasi, a mining community in the Ashanti region, to a significant level, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said.

The vision, he said, was to build a vibrant local economy through the growth of infrastructure, especially with regard to the expansion of roads, education and health, as well as the acquisition of skills and the creation of 'jobs.

 During his first term in office in 2019, the president launched the Obuasi mine redevelopment project to mark the return to operation of the famous Obuasi mine, which had effectively been closed since 2014.

The closure of the facility caused serious socio-economic hardship for the population, whose livelihoods depended on mining. "Obuasi has experienced a transformative development under my administration," President Nana Akufo-Addo said at a meeting in Obuasi-Bediem when he celebrated the start-of-work ceremony at a district trauma and accident hospital. 100 beds.

The event was one of the activities on his itinerary in the four-day working tour of the Region to inspect ongoing development projects. Some developments undertaken by the government in the last four years include the establishment of the Obuasi campus of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the ongoing construction works on the 28-kilometer Anwiankwanta-Obuasi highway. Messrs.

Joshob Construction Limited have been contracted to execute the project, which is 85 percent complete. The president noted that resurrecting the Obuasi mine had helped revive the local economy by bringing huge benefits to the people.

 Referring to the District Trauma and Accident Hospital, he explained that the facility, when completed, would become one of the major health projects to be undertaken in the Region to create access to health care delivery. health care.

Once completed, the hospital would be equipped with facilities, covering an accident and emergency unit, an intensive care unit (ICU), a laboratory, a sampling and sterilization unit, a procedure, a preparation, discharge, a circulation, physiotherapy and consultation unit and a board room.

The other elements are an operating theater and a surgical room, toilets, changing rooms, a concierge and a lock room as well as a store and nurses' post offices. Other facilities include a recovery room, a dental room, a kitchen and a canteen, a labor and maternity room, a delivery room, a laundry room, a technical installation and maintenance unit, a workshop and a store.

There will also be a decontamination room, an administration, a reception, a circulation, a treatment room, a health and safety office, an IT manager, a server and an electrical room. Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah said Ashanti had seen its road networks significantly improve under the administration led by Nana Akufo-Addo.

He appealed to the people to keep faith in the government, as the leadership worked assiduously to improve the living conditions of the citizens.