The Bono Regional Minister, Ms. Justina Owusu-Banahene, said on Thursday that the Sunyani Airport's domestic flight operations will resume on Monday, September 19, 2022.

She asserted that the restoration of the service will allow for quick economic development in the area.

This was revealed by the regional minister during the Accra meet-the-press events.

He said that Passion Air would start offering flights between Sunyani and Accra, and that plans had been made in advance for four weekly flights.

The Sunyani airport was, on August 3, 2022, commissioned by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo after the completion of the first phase of rehabilitation after six years of closure.

The operation, she stressed, would stimulate the economic growth potential of the region through increase in trade and investments and reduce road travel time from about eight hours to about an hour.

On road infrastructure, she said the Government had constructed 13 road projects with a total length of 342.3km.

Some of the projects are the upgrading of 30km menji-bui road, upgrading of 10 km Nkrankwanta-Krasse Road and 15 km Brekum-Drobo.

She said the Government had constructed a new transport terminal, police post, ambulance bay, fire post, and supplied and installed electricity.

On health, Ms Owusu-Banahene said the Government had made significant strides in the sector.

She said the doctor to patient ratio improved to 1: 10395 in 2021 from 1:14898 in 2016.

The midwife to women in fertility ratio age in 2021 was 1:372 compared to 1:1502 in 2016.

She said other health infrastructural projects completed were the Tain District Hospital, nurse’s bungalows at Koraso-Brekum West, physician assistant bungalows at Jinijini and Agubie CHPS at Wenchi.

Regarding education, the Minister remarked that the area could be proud of 12 unit classroom blocks, of which five had been finished, and six unit classroom blocks with auxiliary facilities, of which 21 had been finished, with six still under construction.

Other examples include two-unit classroom blocks, out of which one is ongoing and two three-unit classroom blocks, 20 of which have been finished.

She reported that a 32-seater bus had been given to CHIRAA Senior High School, that the Ghana Education personnel had been given motorbikes, and that Our Lady of Province Girls' SHS in Keasibourkrom had a dormitory complex built.