committees will be formed in all mining Districts to fight illegal mining and address issues relating to small-scale miners TOURISM, CULTURE AND CREATIVE ARTS Tourism Research and Marketing Programme Mr. Speaker, to boost the local economy and to enable Ghanaians appreciate their heritage, the ‘See Ghana, Eat Ghana, Wear Ghana and Feel Ghana’ programme was launched this year and will continue in 2018. A gastronomic festival will be organised to showcase Ghanaian foods and recipes through cooking competitions throughout the country as part of efforts to promote the local Ghanaian cuisine. Governement will continue its initiatives to improve the Creative Arts sector with the establishment of a fully functional Creative Arts Secretariat and the commencement of feasibility studies to set up a Creative Arts Fund. The Ministry will also use international Tourism, Arts and Culture Fairs and fora and a Single Window portal to promote tourism and investment in Ghana. ENERGY Generation Capacity Mr. Speaker, the country’s installed generation capacity was increased from 4,132 MW in 2016 to 4,577MW in 2017. In 2018, Government will continue to increase the installed generation capacity by about 487MW (Cenpower; 340MW, Early Power Phase 1; 147MW) to meet the growing demand of electricity. Under the Transmission System Improvement Projects, GRIDCo continued with the Transmission System Reinforcement Project to improve operational reliability, security and control among others. Key among these are: Kpando-Kadjebi 161kV Transmission Line was completed; The Aboadze-Prestea and Prestea-Kumasi 330kV Transmission Lines are about 70% complete and will be completed in 2018; The Kumasi-Bolgatanga 330kV Transmission Line is about 50% complete and will be continued in 2018.
committees will be formed in all mining Districts to fight illegal mining and address issues relating to small-scale miners TOURISM, CULTURE AND CREATIVE ARTS Tourism Research and Marketing Programme Mr. Speaker, to boost the local economy and to enable Ghanaians appreciate their heritage, the ‘See Ghana, Eat Ghana, Wear Ghana and Feel Ghana’ programme was launched this year and will continue in 2018. A gastronomic festival will be organised to showcase Ghanaian foods and recipes through cooking competitions throughout the country as part of efforts to promote the local Ghanaian cuisine. Governement will continue its initiatives to improve the Creative Arts sector with the establishment of a fully functional Creative Arts Secretariat and the commencement of feasibility studies to set up a Creative Arts Fund. The Ministry will also use international Tourism, Arts and Culture Fairs and fora and a Single Window portal to promote tourism and investment in Ghana. ENERGY Generation Capacity Mr. Speaker, the country’s installed generation capacity was increased from 4,132 MW in 2016 to 4,577MW in 2017. In 2018, Government will continue to increase the installed generation capacity by about 487MW (Cenpower; 340MW, Early Power Phase 1; 147MW) to meet the growing demand of electricity. Under the Transmission System Improvement Projects, GRIDCo continued with the Transmission System Reinforcement Project to improve operational reliability, security and control among others. Key among these are: Kpando-Kadjebi 161kV Transmission Line was completed; The Aboadze-Prestea and Prestea-Kumasi 330kV Transmission Lines are about 70% complete and will be completed in 2018; The Kumasi-Bolgatanga 330kV Transmission Line is about 50% complete and will be continued in 2018.
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