Kumasi International Airport will open to traffic in June - Transport Minister

The Transport Minister, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah says the Kumasi International Airport will be commissioned and put to use in June this year.

According to him, the opening of the airport to traffic would ease the burden on air travelers in the northern part of the country who have to commute to Accra for their international travels.

Already, the Ghana Airport Company, says an estimated 800,000 air passengers are expected to use the new facility annually.

Asiamah said "by the end of June we should start operationalizing this terminal."

The assertion by the Transport Minister follows an earlier one made by the Finance Minister in February.

According to Dr.

Mohammed Amin Adam, the Kumasi International Airport project, which was stalled for months is expected to be completed in April this year.

He explained that the huge part of the funds needed to complete the capital-intensive project has so far been released by the government to the contractor for work to resume.

The Minister of Finance said the government is now only required to pay the remaining two million euros in order for the project, which was stalled, to be completed.

He assured that the two million euros would be settled in one week's time.

“This project would have been completed sometime ago but for the problem that we faced.

Having said that, we have made renewed efforts to address those challenges.

“Part of the outstanding amount of money which was to be paid for work to resume has been paid to the contractor,” the Finance Minister said when he visited the airport.

“What is left is about just two million euros which we are going to pay within one week so that the contractor would have no excuse as far as funding is concerned, to work to bring the project to completion.”

Dr.

Amin Adam, who sounded positive, said, “I'm impressing upon them to make sure by April 2024 they bring their work to a closure so we can use the airport.”

According to him, the completion of the Kumasi International Airport project would go a long way to improve air travel and also improve the lives of the people.

The Finance Minister reiterated his call on the contractor to expedite works so the project would be completed within the next two months, for it to be opened for public use.