Veep to tour Ashanti region

Vice President Aliu Mahama is to begin a four-day official visit to the Ashanti Region from Monday, during which he would visit a number of districts and inspect some projects.

A statement issued from his office and signed by Mr Andrews Awuni, a Special Assistant, said Alhaji Mahama would present computers to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, his Alma Mater.

Projects he would inspect include abandoned structures of ABU Construction Company at Yawkwei in the Asante Akim District, the Urban Five Oyonso Road Project at Agogo, the Chirapatre Computer Centre and the Kejetia Rehabilitation Project.

The statement said he would also cut the sod for the OPEC Hospital Project, commission the Abore Gold Project and meet some Muslim and Zongo chiefs.