The Member of Parliament for Suhum constituency in the Eastern Region, Oboafo Kwadwo Asante has begun the inspection of some ongoing Cocoa road projects rewarded for a contract by the Cocoa Board under the Feeder Roads in his jurisdiction.
Together with Regional Feeder Roads Officials, the MP on Tuesday, tour some beneficial communicates such as; Adarkwa through to Nankese, Tetteh Nkwanta to Abenabo, Tetteh Nkwanta to Mamenhyeso, Amanhyia through Akorabo to Asarekrom.
The rest are Brong Densuso through Nkatekwan to Obootumpan, Akorabo to Amanase, Supresu through Adidiso to Nankese, and lastly inspected the Suhum Township roads.
These above roads form about 71.3 kilometers at the total cost of over Ghc 198 million after 70 to 77% across the beneficial communities where they have the worse deplorable routes in the constituency.
Briefing the media after the inspection, Kwadwo Asante expressed gratitude to the Akufo-Addo Government for giving the beneficial communities their fair share of the national cake when it comes to road infrastructure.
Oboafo as affectionately called expressed satisfaction with the work done so far, especially with the completed ones, and was optimistic that the other ongoing ones will be completed as soon as possible.
According to the MP, the road inspection forms part of an effort by the government to occasionally monitor the progress of work on all road projects across the country therefore, as he is a Member of the Cocoa Board, he believes it’s a step in the right direction to also monitor the projects in his area.
He explained that “Realized some of the roads were awarded and terminated and I reapplied for re- awarding, so I’m praying that the other communities in my constituency will also be awarded”.
Even though the MP highlighted that there are some challenges faced by some of the contractors, he assured his constituents that government and for that matter, the road ministry will address them and the contractors will come back and complete such roads.
“I raised concerns about the abandoned asphalt roads ongoing in the constituency but was put on hold before of the floor of the House, and the assurance is that the contractor will come back to the site to complete it as being told” Suhum Lawmaker added.
