The trend reflects government’s adjournment in acclimation afflictive anchorage admitting assurances that it had appropriate 1,000km anchorage for architecture beyond the country and 6,000km of anchorage are accepted to be completed by the abutting of 2024.
The government had called 81 analytical alley networks in all the 16 regions, advice into 2,167 km, estimated at a amount of GH¢7.8 billion.
Despite these assurances by the government, association abide to attack with bad anchorage and the bearings has led to demonstrations.
GhanaWeb takes a took at some protests which accept occurred in the aboriginal seven months of the year.
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On April 18, 2024 association of Mallam, forth the ‘borla’ alley aural the Weija-Gbawe Municipality, staged a beef on ambitious that the 1km alley be asphalted.
The over 100 association agitated placards with letters advancement the authorities to fix their roads.
Around a hundred association marched in protest, attentive by badge officers. They agitated placards with letters advancement the authorities to fix the road, including slogans like “No road, no vote.”
Abel Tetteh, the group’s baton bidding annoyance in the abridgement of account apparent by bounded authorities and the abortion of accumulation associates to abode their concerns.
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On May 13, 2024, the Youth of Agona Nyakrom in the Central Region additionally staged a affirmation adjoin government’s abortion to abode the abundant challenges of the town.
They declared that several petitions beatific to the government through the commune assembly, including the rehabilitation of alley networks in the boondocks had not been responded to.
The protestors blocked the capital Swedru/Nyakrom Alley for over seven hours, a bearings that led to abundant vehicular traffic, with cartage stranded.
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In July 2024, association of Association 25, Prampram, Dawhenya, Devtraco and neighbouring communities in the Greater Accra Region, additionally took to the streets to beef over the poor accompaniment of anchorage in their communities.
The association said the bearings had been worsened due to the access of the backing season.
According to them, the alley from Kpone Barrier appear Dawhenya had developed abysmal potholes and it had broadcast because rehabilation works on the dualization of the Tema-Aflao Alley in 2022 had stalled.
They said the alley activity forms allotment of the Abidjan-Lagos aisle abutting bristles West African countries; Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Benin and Nigeria.
The residents, in a abode addressed to the Ministry of Anchorage and Highways, said although the alley was a analytical avenue for businesses and capital casework in the nation’s abridgement and the West African sub-region, it had been neglected, causing abundant vehicular traffic.
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In that aforementioned month, burden and bartering drivers calm with association in Kwawu Afram Plains of the Eastern Region staged a affirmation to beef the breakable activity of the bear and the poor alley arrangement in the area.
The protesters apprenticed the government to arbitrate apace to abode the poor accompaniment of the bear and the bad alley altitude from Kwawu Tafo to Donkorkrom.
Joseph Appiah Boateng, the Commune Arch Executive; and Evans Kyei Ntiri, the Member of Parliament for Kwawu Afram Plains South, accustomed the abode and assured them that the government would acknowledge appropriately, with the DCE able to undertake rehabilitation of the alley from
Kwahu Tafo to Donkorkrom.
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In that aforementioned month, association of Adamrobe in the Akuapem South Municipality in the Eastern Region additionally staged a beef ambitious improvements to their breakable roads.
The association associates declared that their anchorage accept been in busted for years, with no activity from authorities to adjust the situation.
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The aftermost affirmation in the ages of July was staged on Thursday, July 29, at Apam in the Central Region.
Angry drivers anchored their cars in protest, abrogation commuters and cartage abandoned due to the non-availability of cars.
Roads were additionally blocked, preventing added motorists from plying the roads.
According to the drivers, authorities accept alone their anchorage with no measures actuality taken.
One of the agitation drivers who batten with Onua FM, said “Our above botheration in Gomoa are the roads, that is why we are demonstrating. We accept blocked the anchorage back 5:30 am and alike the arch of the boondocks has been prevented from branch to his palace. This is aloof a baby protest, we will abide with the better beef soon.”
Another said “We don’t accept any authorities in Gomoa West. The DCE couldn’t assemble our roads, all the added authorities accept bootless us. We are actual austere with our beef and we will present our abode to our DCE and the commune assembly.
“We are adversity in Gomoa West. Because our leaders didn’t commence on any adorning projects, we are suffering. Especially NPP, NDC, they did not advice us in any way for 8 years. None of our anchorage are asphalted. The government shouldn’t delay for an MP to die afore they appear to adjustment the roads. If they don’t do the needful afore December, no baby-kisser should footfall bottom actuality to attack for votes.”
Meanwhile, at a columnist appointment captivated in Kenyasi, chiefs of Hwidiem in the Asutifi South District, and Kenyasi Number 1 and 2 in the Ahafo Region appear that they will commence on a affirmation on August 6, 2024, if the architect alive on the Hwidiem-Kenyasi Alley does not resume assignment immediately.
The chiefs said they had run out of patience, appropriately they will commence on a beef if their needs are not met.
Speaking on account of the chiefs of the three communities, Nana Agyemang said, “No activity has been taken by the government afterwards a contempo columnist appointment to highlight the burning charge for the government to booty activity on the abiding Hiwdiem-Kenyasi road.”
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