In a moment that pierced through ceremonial formalities and struck at the heart of lived realities, Victor Asare Gyapong, Executive Director of the Extractive Industry Workers' Union Ghana (EIWUG) of Ghana Federation of Labour, made a fervent appeal that echoed far beyond the walls of the Eusbett Hotel conference hall, "Fix the Sunyani-Kenyasi road and fix it now." With these resolute words, Gyapong shifted the tone of the union's inaugural address from celebration to urgent advocacy.
What began as a proud showcase of institutional growth and worker solidarity became a clarion call to the national conscience.
The road in question, once a vital one-hour connection between Sunyani and the mining hub of Kenyasi, has now degenerated into a nearly two-hour ordeal, a symbol of neglect with tangible, compounding costs. "This is not just an infrastructure issue," he declared. "It's a human issue.
A development issue.
