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Ministry asked to award Fulfiso-Sawla
road to contractors
Wa, Oct. 26, GNA - President John Agyekum Kufuor has
instructed the Ministry of Roads and Transport to award the
Fulfilso-Sawla portion of the Tamale-Wa road
to three contractors for quick completion of construction
and tarring works to facilitate the movement of goods and
people between the Northern and Upper West Regions.
He said the road was an important one and its completion
would also help encourage more tourists to patronize the
Larabanga mystic stone, the Larabanga mosque and promote the
Mole National Park to bring more money to the local people
and the government.
Mr. Godfred Bayong Tongu, Minister of State at the Ministry
of Roads and Transport announced this in Wa on Thursday
during an official visit to the Upper West Region to inspect
ongoing road projects.
He urged contractors undertaking road projects to show
sympathy by providing quality work to reduce the suffering
and poverty levels of the people in the communities.
He said the road sector had seen a lot of improvement under
the NPP administration and commended workers under the
Ministry for working hard for the achievement of target
goals.
Mr. Tongu said because of the good work undertaken by the
contractor, working at the Bole-Bamboi road, new transport
companies were locating in the Upper West Region.
He said the Wa-Han, Wa-Dorimon, Wa -Tumu and
Nadowli-Lawra-Hamile roads had been awarded on contract to
link the region with Burkina Faso to enhance trade between
the two countries.
He said construction work on the Sisili-Navrongo road had
been terminated and would be given out to a new contractor
to start work.
Mr. Tongu inspected the 12.8bn cedi 10-kilometre Wa-Han
road, which is expected to complete behind schedule.
International Development Association (IDA) of the World
Bank is funding the roads
He also inspected a 22-billion cedi 15-kilometre
Jirapa-Babile road as well as Babile Town roads and
commended the Messrs Ghamini Enterprise and Rajga
Construction Firm for providing quality work and urged other
contractors to emulate them.
Mr. Francis Addai-Nimoh, an engineer at the Ministry of
Roads and Transport said 30 per cent of national budget was
invested in road and transport sectors.
He urged engineers supervising road projects to be firm and
show ethnics on their duties, saying: "It would be a
disgrace if we did roads today and they are washed away
tomorrow".
Earlier at meeting with workers under the ministry, the
workers complained about poor salaries and working
conditions and appealed to the government to address it to
encourage them to put in their best to promote the road and
transport sectors.
The workers asked for more metro buses for the region to
facilitate the movement of people in the communities.
GNA
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