President Nana Akufo-Addo has said the infrastructural deficiencies of the Adentan-Madina Highway as well as other such roads in the country, are “legacies of a past decade of neglect”.
So far, 194 people have been killed on the Adentan-Madina Highway, as a result of unusable footbridges; the latest victim being a first-year student of West Africa Senior High School (WASS) who was knocked down and killed instantly as she crossed the busy road.
The accident sparked spontaneous riots and civil disobedience by residents along the stretch, who had been clamouring for the footbridges to be constructed to avoid more deaths.
They set a road blockade with car tyres which they set ablaze. It took the intervention of the police to restore order.
Apart from the Adentan-Madina Highway, several people have also been killed on the N1 Highway as a result of lack of footbridges at the appropriate and busiest places along the stretch.
Commenting on the latest accident and its after-effects, President Akufo-Addo said in a statement on his social media pages that: “I express my deep condolences to the family of the student who lost her life yesterday at Adentan, after being knocked down by a taxi, as she attempted crossing the road on her way from school.
“Our nation has suffered an unnecessary loss.
“The scenes that played out in its aftermath are regrettable, and should not happen again.
“The Ministry of Roads and Highways is ensuring that work begins on completion of these bridges in the course of the coming week, and has put together a comprehensive plan to address systematically all these infrastructural problems, which are legacies of a past decade of neglect.
“I would urge drivers and pedestrians to obey and respect the laws on our roads. All of us, Government and the citizenry, have a collective responsibility to safeguard and preserve life. My condolences, once again, to the family”, he added.
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President paaaaaa na woegyimi saaa yi? Granted these are legacies of past neglect, you've been in government for two years, and keeps claiming you are the best, you've restored allowances and provided free SHS, so how couldn't build a pedestrian bridge and come and tell us legacies of your mother! Get the hell out of there!
Papa....you better ***barred word***......You claimed your predecessor was incompetent so we should vote for you to correct the mess.........Now you are still talking about decade what? You better stop speaking this big water mouth english and get to work!!!
IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS, WHY NOT NOW. WHY NOT TODAY? WE DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR PEOPLE, ALL WE CARE ABOUT IS OUR STOMACH AND POCKET.
Please Pro. I believe strongly that we have used our resource to pursue one so called national program free SHS. I sincerely believe we cannot achieve anything in terms of infrastructure because we simply cannot combine social intervention and infrastructural development because the resources cannot support both. But the current government decided to do social intervention and neglect infrastructural development that will create jobs and bring more income for social development.
Mr. President you got it totally wrong by saying that Adenta situation is a legacy of past decade of neglect. A road has been constructed by your predecessor, 6 foot bridges are in the process of completion when you came to power 21 months ago and you are refusing to finish the footbridges. Getting to 200 innocent citizens have died on that road but you are pretending not to be aware. Stop speaking English and do the foot bridges.