Sentences with phrase «tamale airport»

The ministers, together with journalists and security personnel, arrived at the Tamale Airport on a military helicopter from Bimbilla after visiting the...

He thanked government for unveiling its plan to make the Tamale Airport the hub of Pilgrims annual travel to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The first batch of Ghanaian Pilgrims for the 2017 Hajj pilgrimage have finally left the Tamale Airport for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Queiroz Galvão, a Brazilian company contracted to upgrade the Tamale Airport in the Northern Region to an international status, has been awarded the contract and is expected to complete the project from Bolgatanga, the regional capital, to Pulmakom in the Pusiga District in 910 days.

Hundreds of people from all walks of life witnessed the grand ceremony where President John Dramani Mahama later inaugurated the first phase of the upgraded Tamale Airport.

He added that the upgraded Tamale Airport has facilities which can be likened to the Kotoka International Airport.

He anticipated that the upgraded Tamale Airport will boost economic activities within the Savannah ecological zone.

He commended management of the Ghana Airports Company and management of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, for making possible the construction of the first phase of the Tamale Airport.

Five flights were scheduled to fly direct from the Tamale Airport to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

President elect, Nana Akufo Addo on his arrival at the Tamale Airport will drive straight to the palace of Nalerigu overlord of the Mamprugu traditional area,...

President Mahama said the decision to establish the Tamale airport was aimed at extending opportunities to the North for growth and development.

Among them are the Kasoa Interchange at US$ 172.6 million, Kwame Nkrumah Circle at 74.88 million Euros and the Tamale Airport expansion at US$ 100 million», the NPP manual said.

The 600 - bed University of Ghana (UG) Teaching Hospital, the expansion of the Kotoka International Airport, the Kumasi Airport and the Tamale Airport.

This was after then President John Mahama inaugurated completed works on the first phase of the Tamale airport expansion and upgrade project.

Incompetence is when a running mate does not know and does not bother to verify that the previous sealing of cracks on the runway of the Tamale airport and the provision of basic equipment ahead of CAN 2008 is not same as the recent runway extension from 2,400 metres to 3,400 metres, the provision of new Aeronautical ground lighting systems and modern navigational equipment to ensure safe operations, coupled with the pavement reconstruction and strengthening to cater for wide bodied aircraft such as Boeing 747 — 700 which is capable of carrying 500 passengers at a time as demonstrated during the recent Hajj uplifts.

The Minister announced that, the first batch of pilgrims from Mecca will arrive at the Tamale Airport on the 22nd of this month and urged Muslims to come out in their numbers to welcome them.

Indeed this was equally possible because the foresighted President, John Dramani Mahama, determined to have the Tamale airport upgraded to international status.

He made references to some projects that government has borrowed monies from the international market to initiate for infrastructure transformation, the $ 100 million works on upgrade of the Tamale airport to an international airport; $ 38 million Tamale teaching hospital phase one; $ 172 million Kejetia Market; $ 1billion Atuabu gas project, roads infrastructure among other tall lists of projects in the country that he said are visible for Ghanaian to see.

Not exact matches

These projects, he said, would attract Ghanaians to vote massively for the NDC come November, adding that the Airports at Tamale and Kumasi would help in airlifting prospective pilgrims to Accra to embark on Hajj pilgrimage.

That is why we have opened an international airport in Tamale to balance the development gap.

Aside the expansion, the NDC man said two additional new international airports at Tamale and Kumasi is being built to improve air transport.

Dr Ayariga was on Wednesday afternoon ushered into the Tamale Metropolis from the airport by members of his party and supporters of the NDC.

That is why we have opened an international airport in Tamale.

One is the Tamale International Airport.

He mentioned the construction of the Kwame Nkrumah, Asokwa and Sofoline interchanges, the Sugar factory at Komenda, the international airports in Kumasi and Tamale, the Central markets at Tamale, Kumasi and Cape Coast, the rehabilitation of the Police, Legon, Tamale, Boltaganga, Ridge, Wa, various District Hospitals, the Cape Coast Sports Stadium, the many water expansion and treatment plants, the shoe factory in Kumasi and many more.

He further asked the US government to help government construct cargo warehouses at the Tamale International Airport.