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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I wasn't expecting you to say something different from what u just said. If we have people like u calling themselves senior journalist, i now understand the reason why we are still where we are today!
Pratt is now blind because he has received a car and a house from this government. But I tell you the day of reckon is at hand.
I thought the President said in 2008 that to say such things means "you have a weak mind". Has anything changed? Just asking.....hmmmmmm
And Kwasi Pratt, the second biggest the house NDC has built for you at Mampong Akuapem. You think we don't know eeehhh. You open your ***barred word*** mouth and talk against NPP each time you get the platform. Get prepared because NPP will win the election 2016 and you will be as miserable as church mouse. Kwasiampani Kwasi Pratt who has sold his conscience to the NDC. The last time the presidential flight catch fire, God should have made you perish. What were you doing on that flight?
So what! Is that the reason why the country is broke. We want jobs and you say what? CHANGE IS COMING!
Oh Akwasi have you forgotten that the biggest interchange in Ghana is Tetteh Quashie? Open you eyes Akwasi...