President John Evans Atta Mills yesterday, lauded the progress of work made in efforts towards developing Accra into a “millennium city,” and called for more co-operation among the partners to ensure the success of the Accra Millennium City project.
The President made the call when Dr. Jeffery Sachs, a renowned world economist, who is spearheading the project in collaboration with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, called on him at the Castle in Accra yesterday.
Mr Sachs led a team of development experts to update the President on the project which, among other things, aims at improving the level of water supply and sanitation, road and transportation, health delivery and education befitting any developed a city.
Considering the importance of the project which he said he believes would attract more investments into the country, President Mills thanked Dr. Sachs and his team for their contribution to the development process in Ghana, and assured them of government’s cooperation.
“This is the kind of support we need,” he told the group.
Dr. Sachs, who is the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in the United States, told to the President that a lot of work had gone into the planning of the implementation stage of the project which is almost ready for take-off.
Since its launching in January this year, he said a number of areas in Accra, including James Town, Maamobi, Mamprobi, new and old Dansoman, New Town, Osu and Adabraka have been earmarked for upgrading under the project.
“This means that about 90 per cent of Accra is covered under the project,” he stressed.
He said a team from the Columbia University would soon be in the country to liaise with local development agencies to study existing Accra development plans “so that we don’t reinvent the wheel.”
“We are excited about the progress of the project,” he said, adding that the objective was to make Accra a major regional city to attract more investments.
Mr. Alfred Vanderpuije, Mayor of Accra who accompanied the group, announced that as part of the project implementation process, an Accra Development Summit would be held in New York in May next year to raise funds for the project.
The President made the call when Dr. Jeffery Sachs, a renowned world economist, who is spearheading the project in collaboration with the Accra Metropolitan Assembly, called on him at the Castle in Accra yesterday.
Mr Sachs led a team of development experts to update the President on the project which, among other things, aims at improving the level of water supply and sanitation, road and transportation, health delivery and education befitting any developed a city.
Considering the importance of the project which he said he believes would attract more investments into the country, President Mills thanked Dr. Sachs and his team for their contribution to the development process in Ghana, and assured them of government’s cooperation.
“This is the kind of support we need,” he told the group.
Dr. Sachs, who is the Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in the United States, told to the President that a lot of work had gone into the planning of the implementation stage of the project which is almost ready for take-off.
Since its launching in January this year, he said a number of areas in Accra, including James Town, Maamobi, Mamprobi, new and old Dansoman, New Town, Osu and Adabraka have been earmarked for upgrading under the project.
“This means that about 90 per cent of Accra is covered under the project,” he stressed.
He said a team from the Columbia University would soon be in the country to liaise with local development agencies to study existing Accra development plans “so that we don’t reinvent the wheel.”
“We are excited about the progress of the project,” he said, adding that the objective was to make Accra a major regional city to attract more investments.
Mr. Alfred Vanderpuije, Mayor of Accra who accompanied the group, announced that as part of the project implementation process, an Accra Development Summit would be held in New York in May next year to raise funds for the project.
