President John Dramani Mahama will begin a two-day working visit to the Volta Region on Thursday, July 16, with an itinerary covering commercial, transport, education, health, security and sports projects.
The visit forms part of the President’s nationwide tour to assess government programmes and engage residents on development priorities. Activities are scheduled across several communities on Thursday and Friday.
The first event will be a sod-cutting ceremony for a proposed 24-Hour Economy Market at Juapong. The project has been presented as a facility intended to expand commercial activity, support local enterprises and create employment within the area.
President Mahama will then inspect a completed 1,500-seat multipurpose assembly hall at the Peki College of Education. His road-sector programme includes visits to the Asikuma–Anyirawase road and the UHAS bypass and Anyirawase–Ho road projects.
At the University of Health and Allied Sciences’ Sokode campus, the President will inspect a multipurpose laboratory project intended to support medical education, research and innovation. He is also scheduled to take part in a durbar at the Ho Municipal Hospital centred on the government’s Free Primary Health Care Programme.
The programme combines inspections of continuing work with the commissioning or launch of completed and proposed projects. Regional authorities said the tour would allow the government to assess implementation directly and receive feedback from institutions and communities.
On the second day, President Mahama will inspect the Ho Sports Stadium. Volta Regional Minister James Gunu said the government intended to redevelop the facility to FIFA Category B standard.
Mr Gunu separately confirmed that Ghana Gas was undertaking an AstroTurf project at Ho Technical University. He said there were no official documents supporting public claims that another AstroTurf project had been awarded or started at Klefe, although an abandoned physical structure existed in that area.
The President will hold a Resetting Ghana Citizens’ Engagement at Ho Technical University. Traditional authorities, students, religious leaders, civil-society organisations, business representatives, journalists and members of the public are expected to attend the forum.
The engagement is designed to combine an account of government policies with questions and feedback from regional stakeholders. It follows the project inspections and places the public forum within the same two-day working programme.
President Mahama will also commission the newly completed Akatsi North District Police Headquarters at Ave-Dakpa. The facility is expected to provide additional operational space for policing and security services in the district.
The final listed stop is the Ho–Denu Road Project, a corridor linking communities in the region and supporting movement towards the eastern border area. The inspection will conclude a tour that also covers roads around Ho and the university bypass.
The regional programme was announced in statements from regional officials and the governing National Democratic Congress’ Volta secretariat. The listed events begin on July 16 and run through July 17.
The schedule places education, health and transport inspections alongside a commercial-market launch and a policing commission. Each stop concerns a project or programme identified in the regional itinerary.
No completion dates or total contract values were announced for the projects still under construction. The visit’s immediate purpose is to inspect their status, commission the district police headquarters, launch the Juapong market proposal and conduct a public engagement.
The latest official schedule places the President first at Juapong before subsequent stops in Peki, Asikuma, Anyirawase, Sokode and Ho. Friday’s programme includes the stadium, the citizens’ forum, Ave-Dakpa and the Ho–Denu road inspection.
