The Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwasi Amoako Attah has said, President Akufo-Addo led the government to invest over 10 billion cedis in Ghana’s road sector in his first term as President of Ghana.
He said, despite the economic challenges as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the government are still committed to making more investment in rehabilitating and constructing roads across the country.
The Minister who also doubles as MP for Atewa West said the government is committed to leaving a lasting legacy: good roads that will withstand the test of time for both current and future generations, given the assurance that government would honor his obligations.
The Minister said this in Koforidua the Eastern Regional Capital at a retreat on the theme “Sustaining the Gains: 2021 Year of! Road’s”.
The retreat is a Strategic Management Workshop organized by the Ministry of Roads and Highways to review previous years’ activities, identify areas of improvement, re-think strategies and programs, and design new policies for implementation.
He thanked directors under the Ministry for their commitment and professionalism and encouraged them to continue to work together as a team to complete all ongoing projects as directed by the government.
He encouraged them to be bold and proactive to identify none performing contractors and recommend them for termination so that projects are not delayed unnecessarily.
He charged the engineers to use the retreat to come out with a policy whereby we can train special contractors to execute special work such as road marking, provision of road signs ( road furniture), etc. The era of having one contractor undertaken all these works must be looked at, he added.
The Eastern Regional Minister, Hon. Seth Acheampong commended President Akufo-Addo for the heavy investment in the road sector.
Hon. Acheampong said Eastern Region under the current government has deservedly received its fair share of road projects but was quick to add that more roads have deteriorated and needed serious and urgent attention.
Hon. Acheampong, therefore, challenged the engineers to use the retreat to come out with new policies that would address the current prevailing challenges including pre-mature deterioration of road network, congestion on highways, especially on the trunk as well as urban areas, and an increase in road traffic accidents.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
