Protests don’t fix roads – Minister to Ghanaians
After incidents that occurred within the Madina Constituency before the roads were fixed, Minister for Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako- Atta has counselled that it is unreasonable for all bad roads to be fixed at the same time as the government has it to fix such roads one step at a time.
The Minister during a press briefing after inspecting the 31.7km Kwafokrom to Apedwa road in the Eastern Region which is part of the Accra-Kumasi dualization project was not enthused about some educated people protesting to get their roads fixed.
He deems such protest as needless as it will not get the roads fixed.
“It is unreasonable for anybody to say that all roads everywhere should be fixed simultaneously. So these demonstrations should stop. Sometimes you get people who are supposed to know better, well-educated people who should advise their colleagues joining demonstrations. Demonstrations don’t build roads,” he said
In recent times, protests have become a way for most Ghanaian community members to draw governments attention to deplorable roads within their communities to be fixed.
More often than not, the government has no choice but to give updates, whiles local assemblies have their attention drawn for action to be taken after such incidents.
Police on the other hand have to apprehend some persons in the course of protest when they turn violent and engage in illegal activities
Mr Amoako-Atta called on the contractors on the Kwafokrom to Apedwa road to expedite work and open the stretch to the public by end of 2021.
“I have charged the contractors to ensure that they complete the stretch of the road covering a distance of 31km by the end of the year. I have asked them to introduce night work to compensate for any delay,” he said.
By: Stella Annan | myactiveonline.com Twitter @activetvgh
