Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia on Tuesday 22nd August commissioned the Tamale International Airport Phase II project in the Northern regional capital.
The project facilitated under the auspices of the UK-Ghana Business Council (UKGBC) is part of the government’s aviation sector infrastructure development programme designed to expand the frontiers of the aviation industry and to make Ghana the aviation hub within the West African region.
Sod-cutting for the project was done by Dr. Bawumia in August 2019 for works to begin on the project. Four years on, the Tamale International Airport Phase II project has been completed.
Works undertaken at the Airport include an approximately 5,000 meter squared expandable ultra-modern Airport Terminal Building with annual passenger throughput of 400,000; a multi-purpose Terminal (Hajj Facility), 5km Single Carriageway Access Road; a 330-capacity car park, a technical hub to manage electricity, waste water treatment and other essentials, as well as other ancillary facilities.
“The completion of this ultra-modern terminal building together with a multi-purpose terminal and other ancillary facilities are expected to provide the needed impetus for increased economic trading activities and to re-inforce the status of Tamale as a Sub-Saharan Hub Airport for flights to and from neigbouring West African countries and the Sahel Region,” he said.
He also expressed the government’s gratitude to the “UK Government and UK Export Finance (UKEF) who reacted favourably” when the administration proposed the project along with the Kumasi International Airport for funding in 2018.
