Tamale: Former Deputy Communications Director for the NDC, General Amin, has boldly claimed that the multi-million-dollar Tamale Interchange-constructed under the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo administration-is a completely unnecessary waste of state resources. The structural centrepiece, heavily touted by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a historic milestone to revolutionize and modernize the infrastructure landscape of the northern sector, has faced ongoing scrutiny from opposition forces since its commissioning.
According to Ghana Web, General Amin argued in an exclusive interview on Hot 93.9 FM's Hot Morning Drive, hosted by Oman Nana, that the central business district of Tamale did not require a massive concrete flyover to resolve its traffic bottlenecks. "The Tamale overpass that the NPP constructed is a waste. Tamale doesn't need an overpass," General Amin stated.
General Amin criticized the NPP government for ignoring urban planning priorities in its haste to execute the project under the Sinohydro infrastructure barter agreement. Defending his stance, the NDC stalwart explained that the structural nature of Tamale's layout already had a built-in blueprint designed to divert heavy transit traffic away from the city centre without spending millions on an elevated flyover.
He emphasized that a functional ring road and bypass framework was a far more practical solution for the metropolis, suggesting that existing infrastructure could have been optimized to address the city's traffic issues without resorting to costly new constructions.