The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has announced plans to conduct a thorough audit of the Keta Port if elected.
Speaking in Ho during his campaign tour of the Volta Region, Mahama stressed the need for a comprehensive needs assessment before proceeding with the development of a new port between Tema Harbour and the Port of Lomé.
He underscored the importance of avoiding the pitfalls experienced with the Boankra inland port to prevent the new project from becoming a “white elephant.
“We will prioritise it and once I become president, one of the first things I will ask for is the feasibility study of the Keta Port and once we have seen it, we will let the public see it and based on that, we can take it from there.
“If there must be a port there, there must be a specialised port for something because we have Tema and we have Lomé because if we are having an intermediate port, is it going to handle the same cargo that Tema and Lomé are handling?
“Those are all things that we have to look at and determine how to move forward and so they should stop playing politics with it and let us see the feasibility study, the design of the port and move forward.”
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