Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has commended President John Dramani Mahama and his government for the construction of the Kwame Nkrumah Circle interchange.
Speaking on Peace FM's Kokrokoo, Mr. Pratt was pleased with the latest development on the project, claiming the Circle interchange is the biggest ever in the country.
According to him, the addition of a Police and Fire Service Posts including other projects being established at the area is worth commemorating.
On Monday, the newly constructed Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange was inaugurated.
The GHS320.2 million project was jointly financed by the Brazilian government and the government of Ghana.
It is expected to carry about 84,000 vehicles a day and constitutes a key bottleneck in the major road network that links the suburban areas of Accra to the central business district.
President John Dramani Mahama cut the sod for the construction of the three-tier interchange at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra in October, 2013.
Comparing the Circle interchange to other flyovers in the country, Mr. Pratt minced no words as he emphasized that the newly-constructed interchange is the "biggest interchange ever. The biggest ever, it’s not like Tetteh Quarshie or Atomic Junction.”
The Senior Journalist's words appear to be in tandem with the comments by President Mahama at the inaugural ceremony on Monday night, that the facility is the longest and the highest flyover in West Africa.
“Lack of traffic flow results in an estimated loss of about 100 million dollars per annum to our national economy...This is the longest flyover and the highest in West Africa…please note I said flyover, the longest bridge is in Lagos, Nigeria but the longest and highest flyover is in Accra, Ghana,” he said.
Watch President Mahama's inauguration of the new Interchange below
Mr. Pratt however advised the authorities to maintain the interchange and ensure it's in good shape.
He decried the poor maintenance culture of Ghanaians and so hoped the interchange will not become a 9-day wonder.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi /Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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You people should stop this non sense. Kwesi Pratt is a Ghanaian like me and you. He has an eye and ears to see and hear good things around. Allow the man to express his feelings. Those against him do not even belong any class or stature.
And so what?
Oh Kwasi, why have you sold your soul to the d.e.v.i.l. I feel sorry for you.
so man kapoo, u dont even read before u insult? did prat say it is the biggest in ghana or africa? where is the legos from?abaaa
KWESI PRATT IS ONE OF THE SENIOR JOURNALIST WHO HAVE LOST VALUE AND RESPECT IN GHANA..HE IS A STOMACH JOURNALIST AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN SEROUS IN THIS COUNTRY...FROM 2001 TO 2008 PRATT MADE ALL KIND OF ALLEGATION AGAINST J.A KUFOURS GOVERNMENT AT THAT TIME PEOPLE THOUGHT HE WAS DOING A GOOD JOB FOR GHANA UNTILL THE NDC TOOK OFFICE IN 2009 SINCE THEN PRATT HAS TURN A DEATH EAR TO ALL THE CORRUPTIONS THAT IS GOING ON UNDER THE NDC GOVERNMENT AND HAS TURN HIMSELF A SPOKES PERSON FOR THE NDC..WHAT A SHAME..IN 2008 OUR DEBT WAS JUST A LITTLE OVER GHC9BILLION AT THAT TIME PRATT AND HIS NDC PROPAGANDIST SAID THE KUFOUR GOVERNMENT WAS BORROWING TOO MUCH, TODAY AS WE SPEAK OUR DEBT IS OVER GHC120BILLION..PRATT IS JUST A BIG HYPOCRITE AND A STOMACH JOURNALIST PERIOD..CHANGE IS COMING AND HE WILL SEE HIS SMOOOTHNESS LEVEL.
I am surprised to read this piece from mr kwesi Pratt. The question I want to ask mr. kokonsa kwesi pratt if he has ever travelled to lagos state of nigeria before and to a surburd called Ijora before and he will see the longest bridge in West Africa not this interchange called the mahamah bridge. Now I know that mr. pratt, after all is not widely travelled.
Uncle Kwesi go way u.....it still counts as one.
And so, Mr. Bigot? And at what cost to the tax payer? You have lost any credibility you had because you have sold your conscience to this uncaring incompetent government.
Massa; LOOK AT THE TYPICAL MINDSET OF THE GHANAMAN : BUILDING A FLY OVER AND THEY THINK THIS HAS TURNED GHANA INTO DUBAI OR CHINA !"!!!!!:WHILST THEY CANNOT EVEN GET MEDICINES FOR OUR POOR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AT THE MENTAL HOSPITALS ; WHILST OUR WOMEN FOLKS WITH BABIES SLEEP ON HOSPITAL FLOORS ; ALL THE COUNTERIES WITH THESE BUILT IN EDIFICES HAVE SPENT THEIR TIME PROVIDING BASIC HEALTH CARE FACILITIES FOR THEIR PEOPLE NOT FLYOVERS !!!!! ;THEY HAVE INVESTED THEIR CASH IN MEDICAL RESEARCH TO CURE DISEASES ; TODAY GO TO MALAY : INDIA AND CHINA AND SEE THE TOP CLASS BASIC MEDICAL FACILITIES BEEN PROVIDED FOR THE PEOPLE ; TODAY 9 OUT OF 10 Chances if you have a heart attack you will dies at home or your way to hospials because there is no basic facility to treat heart attack patient ; cancer is on the rise and nobody sits down to think about any research to find out the cCAUSE and then people CROW ABOUT A FLYOVER ; are mad in ghana !!!!!!!!!
Nothing wrong with admonishing the President for this job. But the problem is the hypocrisy of the man whose children are diplomats in this Mahama administration working in Brazil. Pratt is a government appointee on the National Media Commission. So much as I respect him as a smart man, I know he is just one of the NDC communicators.