New hotel commissioned at Navrongo

Navrongo (Upper East) 13 July '99

An 800 million-cedi hotel consisting of 12 self-contained and eight ordinary rooms, a restaurant, bar and entertainment hall was commissioned at Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana District on Monday.

Hajia Fati Seidu, Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, who did the commissioning, underscored the need for more of such tourist facilities to facilitate government's efforts to provide basic infrastructure in making Ghana a safe tourist destination.

Hajia Seidu she said to boost the tourist and investment potentials of the region, government had improved the telecommunication network and hooked all six districts of the region to the national grid.

Government has also asphalted the Tamale-Paga trunk road while a favourable political atmosphere has been created for tourist attraction.

Hajia Fati observed that the current situation whereby most tourist facilities like hotels, restaurants, rest houses and reliable means of transport are concentrated in Bolgatanga, the regional capital, does not augur well for the holistic development of the tourist potentials of the region.