The Minister for Roads and Highways, Hon Kwasi Amoako Atta has directed the Ghana Highways Authority to furnish the Ministry with all necessary details on the Afienya-Appolonia-Dawenya road network.
The over 4.2 kilometre road which has been under construction for the past years have been abandoned, leaving commuters and resident stranded.
The Minister who doubles as the Atiwa East Member of Parliament gave the authority five days ultimatum in order to help the Ministry decide whether to abrogate the contract or review it.
The Minister made this known to the media when he together with some Technical Officers, the MP for the area Hon Sam George and Hon Peter Amewu who resides there inspected the road.
He also directed that the authority position a mobile van axle to check over loaded heavy duty tracks that swerve to the Afienya stretch.
Source: Deborah Agyei Amponsah/ Peacefm
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@KG I UNDERSTAND BRUNOS POINT APART FROM THE UNSAVORY LANGUAGE THAT HE USED. LETS BE CIVIL AND PROJECT OUR POINTS WITH DECOROUS LANGUAGE. YOU SEE THESE ARE NOT ISSUES WHICH SHOULD BE PUT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/MANAGEMENT POLICIES, GUIDELINES AND STUDY SHOW THAT IF A SECTOR OR AGENCY HAS DIRECT OVERSIGHT OF A "SUB SECTOR", IT MEANS THEY ALSO HAVE OPERATIONAL OVERSIGHT OF THE PROJECTS UP TO SIGHT. THE DAYS OF "IN TRAY" "OUT TRAY" IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS LONG PAST. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION HAS NOW ADOPTED MANAGEMENT BY WALKING ABOUT PRINCIPLES AND ALSO MANAGEMENT IN ACTION PRINCIPLES. THAT IS WHY GENERAL MANAGERS JOBS HAVE BECOME REDUNDANT EVEN IN PUBLIC SERVICES. I BELIEVE THESE ARE INCORPORATED IN TEACHING AT PLACES LIKE GIMPA AND IF NOT SO, I WILL BE VERY SURPRISED. THAT IS WHY THE SECTOR MINISTER WHO HAS OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITY OVER THAT PROJECT SHOULD NOT HAVE PUT SUCH INFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN. SIX MONTHS ON THE JOB IS VERY LONG FOR HIM TO HAVE ASCERTAINED AN UP DATE ON THAT PROJECT. ALL SORTS OF ALLOWANCES AND REMUNERATION ARE PROVIDED FOR THE COMFORT OF THE SECTOR MINISTER SO THAT HE/SHE IS DEDICATED TO THE JOB. THAT IS WHAT THE POPULACE REQUIRE FROM HIM. HE SHOULD HAVE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND ABREAST WITH EVERY DETAIL IN A FEW WEEKS. TRUST ME THE COUNTRIES THAT WE LOOK UP TO AND WE RUSH TO WILL DEMAND FLESH FROM YOU JUST AFTER ABOUT A MONTH IN OFFICE. BELIEVE ME. HAVE YOU HEARD WHAT SOCIETY IS DOING TO THE LOCAL AUTHORITY OF THE BURNT GRENFELL TOWER BLOCK IN KENSINGTON, UK? CIVIL SOCIETY IS DEMANDING THAT THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AND NATIONAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDE STATISTICS OF THE DEAD WITHIN A WEEK. DUE TO FAILURES AND LACK OF PRO ACTIVENESS OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY, HEADS HAVE ROLLED. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS APOLOGISED IN PARLIAMENT WHICH IS A HUGE ISSUE IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. THAT IS HOW PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS OPERATING IN THE WORLD NOW. I THINK THEREFORE BRUNO WAS RIGHT.
@Bruno: How will the Minister make any decision to provide the real outcomes you expect when he has not seen the full complement of documentation and contracts from the direct agency involved in this project? His government just took office 6 months ago so it is probable that since he is requesting for this information, its safe to assume that same will not be in front of him. Isn't it (in your own words) ***barred word*** to make decisions without the full complement of information? What is more sensible to do in this instance? Ask for information to be provided within 5 days or just talk or act anyhow? I know by the time you finish reading my comments, you would have realized that your comments were not smart after all. Think twice before you write use.less comments or accuse anyone of not being smart when its obvious that you lack the quality you expect from another person.
This utter stuuupiiidity! How can a minister who must have oversight responsibility to ask for whatever you want say this?! This is just to create public outrage because he does not need the to know about these. We want real outcomes not petty issues like this.