President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has re-assured the individuals of Ashanti Region of the federal government’s dedication to fixing the deplorable roads within the Region.
He stated all was set for the development of the Ejisu to Kodie ring highway and the four- tier Suame interchange to start in 2022.
President Akufo-Addo indicated that the design of the undertaking and all agreements on it have been prepared, hoping that by December the interchange could be accomplished.
According to the President, he was conscious that the residents of Kumasi weren’t happy with the horrible highway networks within the metropolis, and have been desperate to see the roads constructed, saying there have been extra to return as he requested the individuals to think about his authorities.
He discounted that highway contractors weren’t performing and urged all to understand their work, “because some of them are hugely owed by the government with sums running into millions of Ghana cedis”.
The President stated he had by no means seen earlier than the sort of highway improvement ongoing within the Ashanti Region, which was the largest funding.
He was talking on an area radio station right here, yesterday, as a part of his four-day working tour to examine ongoing initiatives in some elements of the Ashanti Region.
The President famous a number of the talks about highway building being dealt with by highway contractors within the Ashanti Region and different elements of the nation have been mere exaggerations “because the contractors are working, other than that there would not be the development that we see.”
He stated he would ensure all of the dangerous roads got a facelift to assist in the motion of individuals and items within the Region.
The President responded to a call by the Assembly members of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly to not give the nod to the nominee, Sam Pyne, attributable to a judgment debt of GH¢50million.
Members of the Assembly had said till the debt was settled they might not verify the nominee.
But, the President indicated that the members ought to slightly discover out why the KMA couldn’t pay the debt and shouldn’t make {that a} case.
President Akufo-Addo later attended briefly a durbar on the Neoplan Station the place he gave the peace of mind that the corporate could be revived underneath the One- District-One Factory initiative.
That adopted an enchantment by the Managing Director of the Company, Malek Abi Saab, for the federal government to return to their assist as they lacked the monetary muscle to revive it.
FROM KINGSLEY E.HOPE, KUMASI
