Ghana lags behind road infrastructure – Road minister bemoans
The Roads and Highways Minister Hon. Kwasi Amoako Atta has bemoaned that the country has lagged behind, in terms of roads infrastructure, compared to other developing countries.
He said after sixty years of independence, the country cannot boast of any quality road network, something he said, need immediate attention.
Hon. Amoako Atta said at Kwaman palace in the Sekyere Central district of the Ashanti region on the last day of his three days tour in the region to inspect the nature of the roads
“We have inspected many roads during my tour in the region and what we have seen so far give me a picture that when it comes to road infrastructure the country has lagged behind, most of the roads are in the deplorable state” he bemoaned.
He said Ghana has a long way to go in fixing our roads and we need to run as fast as we can in order to close the gap of road infrastructure in the country.
According to him, only 23 percent of Ghana roads are bituminous whilst 77 percent have not ever seen bitumen before.
“When you take roads into a percentage, only 23 percent is bituminous and the remaining 77 percent of our total roads network have never seen bitumen before but we are 60years now, it is very serious,” he stressed.
However, the Roads and Highways Minister said he is optimistic that Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo government will not disappoint and betray the trust people had in him by voting them into power, and will avert the road challenges.
“we have a long way to go but we thank the people of this country for voting for a hard working person, for voting for someone who is good – hearted, for voting for someone who is not selfish and has decided to govern the country with truth and fair, that is Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo His Excellency, to add value to what Former President John Agyekum Kuffour started,” he boasted.
O his part, the Kwamanhene Barima Ababio Ntori Nimpa II eulogized the NPP government stressing that he has confidence in the promises made by the roads minister and his government.
He assured the minister of their continue support to the government to fulfill their promises.
The road sector minister was accompanied by Hon. Owusu Aduomi, one of his deputies, engineers from Ghana High Authority (GHA), Urban Roads, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Chief Executive, Osei Assibey Antwi and some Member of Parliaments from the region.
The Majority Leader and a Member of Parliament for Suame Constuency Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, had earlier on led the team to inspect the road networks in his constituency at Anomangye and Bremang.
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