Government to develop 150-acre air cargo hub at Tamale Airport – Goosie Tanoh

Mr Goosie Tanoh, the National Coordinator for the 24-Hour Economy Secretariat, who announced this, said the initiative formed part of the government’s broader strategy to establish an integrated production and export system that would connect agriculture, manufacturing, energy and logistics in northern Ghana.30, GNA – Government is set to develop an approximately 150-acre air cargo hub at the Tamale International Airport, to facilitate the export of vegetables, fruits and other high-value agricultural produce from northern Ghana to international markets.

He said the development of the air cargo hub would therefore be critical to ensuring that agricultural producers in northern Ghana could take advantage of both domestic and international markets, while government continued to work with the private sector and development partners to mobilise the investments and infrastructure required to transform northern Ghana into a major production and export hub.