{"id":120473,"date":"2015-05-29T18:19:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-29T18:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=120473"},"modified":"2015-05-30T06:33:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T06:33:17","slug":"govt-blows-23-million-on-kumasi-airport-runway-renovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=120473","title":{"rendered":"Gov’t blows $23 million on Kumasi Airport runway renovation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Government spent US$23,829,247.4 on rehabilitation of the Kumasi Airport runway alone, a document sighted by citifmonline.com<\/strong>\u00a0has revealed.<\/p>\n

The document was presented to Parliament by the Ministry of Transport and\u00a0signed by the Chief Director at the Ministry, T A Selby.<\/p>\n

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President John Dramani Mahama in December 2014 inaugurated the Kumasi Airport<\/a><\/strong><\/span> after the runway which is about two kilometers was renovated.<\/p>\n

There were other renovations at the airport including lighting, drains among others but there was a different budget to fund those projects.<\/p>\n

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This is how the airport looked like before the renovation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The rehabilitation was to raise the airport to international standard and also allow planes to take off and fly at night.<\/p>\n

The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) accused government of bloating the amount<\/a><\/strong><\/span> spent on the rehabilitation work but government vehemently denied the claims.<\/p>\n

Some checks conducted by citifmonline.com<\/strong> revealed that Ethiopia built three new Airports with US$64 million.<\/p>\n

Below is the breakdown of the cost on the renovation work:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
DESCRIPTION<\/strong><\/td>\nAMOUNT\u00a0 (US$)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
General Items<\/td>\n5,329,306.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Runway<\/td>\n15,425,928.24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Taxiway<\/td>\n768,589.81<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apron (Aircrafts parking space)<\/td>\n1,808,828.64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graded strip<\/td>\n341,190.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Drains<\/td>\n463,030.51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dayworks<\/td>\n80,999.65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Car park (Staff car park)<\/td>\n61,396.72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Subtotal<\/strong><\/td>\n24,279,271.48<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Contractor\u2019s discount<\/td>\n450,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Total <\/strong><\/td>\n23,829,271.48<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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By:\u00a0 Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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