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Dr Bawumia commissions 56.4km Hohoe-Jasikan-Dodo-Pepesu road
The Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated the government’s plans to construct all roads in the country.
According to Dr. Bawumia, the Nana Addo-Akufo administration is committed to constructing all roads in the country despite the current economic challenges.
Speaking at the commissioning of a 56.4km Hohoe-Jasikan-Dodo-Pepesu road project, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia said the “construction of the Dodo-Pepesu road has improved accessibility to parts of the Oti region which were bad to travel on some years back”.
“The construction of the Jasikan-Dodo-Pepesu road has improved accessibility between Jasikan and Kadjebi which formerly was very challenging. The regional minister highlighted how tortuous it was in moving from Jasikan to Kadjebi. But now it is a very smooth ride. Before, vehicles got stuck on the road during the rainy season”.
According to Dr. Bawumia, the Akufo-Addo-led administration has brought massive development to the Oti Region since its creation.
“The government of Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo and the NPP has brought massive development to the Oti region. First of all, we created the Oti Region, which is very important, and we created it for the sake of development. And in so doing, we have brought many development projects such as the revamping of the vocational school in Chinderi and brought in machinery, and it’s amongst the best in any vocational institution in the country”.
Dr. Bawumia added that, “a court complex is being completed in Kadjebi with a bungalow for the judges. We have constructed the 56.4km Jasikan-Dodo-Pepesu road, a government that has brought one constituency one ambulance, a government that is building a regional hospital and 4 Agenda 111 hospitals in the Oti Region”.
He however noted that, the rising cost of living in the country is a result of the global crisis and the NPP administration is steadily steering affairs to ensure the Ghanaian citizen enjoy all amenities.
“We are moving this economy, we are changing it, and I am excited about the future of this economy. We are going to be one of the most digital economies in the world. Because of Covid and the Russia-Ukraine war, we have seen the cost of living going up. This is not a Ghana specific phenomenon. The cost of living has gone up across the world., it’s not only in a Ghana”.
“The problems we are having in the country is because of the Covid and Ukraine war and it’s impact. But we are doing everything to keep the economy going”.
The construction of the Hohoe-Jasikan -Dodo Pepesu road which is a 56.4km road, forms part of the Eastern Corridor Road that links the southern part of the country to the northern part and neighbouring countries.
The road which is also part of the National Road, N2 of the Ghana Highways Authority Road Classification System forms part of the Master Project Support Agreement between Ghana government and Chinese company Sinohydro for the construction of a 441 km road which consists of the 56.4km Hohoe-Jasikan -Dodo Pepesu road.
Speaking at the event, Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako Atta noted that, the ministry and the highways and the highways authority department and other agencies is undertaking various intervention methods to maintain and improve the road conditions in the Oti Region.
Source: citinewsroom.com
A terrible accident occurred at the base of Galenkui Mountain in Ho, claiming the lives of nine people, including babies.
The terrifying occurrence occurred as a 207 Benz was transporting goods and passengers from Abotoase to Sogakofe.
The car encountered brake failure while descending the mountain, culminating in a collision with a Zoomlion garbage truck.
Initial reports verified seven fatalities at the disaster scene, including newborns and children.
Following that, Mary Dzifa, a nurse at Ho Municipal Hospital, informed Citi News that roughly ten children had died in the disaster.
“I was at our facility yesterday, November 22, when a car rushed in with dead and injured children and injured adults, especially men. Some were attended to at the facility, and the rest who were severely injured were taken to the Ho Teaching Hospital. The dead children will be about 10.”
Officials at the Ho Teaching Hospital said that 32 people were admitted for injuries incurred, with 9 dying as a result of their injuries.
Amos Jah, the Public Relations Officer of Ho Teaching Hospital, said that the injured patients are receiving medical attention and making progress in their rehabilitation.
“I received a call from a friend yesterday who was going back to town and that he saw the accident, so I quickly informed the nurses to be on alert. Some were brought in with pickups, ambulance, tricycles; the situation was very bad, some had broken limbs, some heads almost being severed, some were bleeding from all parts of the body. After two hours, we were able to calm the situation down.”
“We had a total of 30 accident victims brought here. Two others were brought from the Municipal Hospital this morning, making it 32 in all. My information is that we lost 9 of them, 4 are kids and 5 are adults. For the kids, three were brought in dead. Those injured are responding to treatment.”
Dr Adam Bonaa, a security expert, has requested the Oti Regional Minister to restrict all public events in Nkwanta in response to the riots that have taken eight lives.
The fights, in his opinion, were avoidable.
“The Regional Minister and his men must make certain that this never happens again.” This was avoidable, yet 8 people died as a result,” he remarked on TV3’s Ghana Tonight on Tuesday, November 21.
He further suggested that “It is important to suspend all public activities that are likely to take place by the two factions, this is the surest way of letting them know that there is an authority within Nkwanta and the region.”
The Oti Regional Security Council (REGSEC) will host an emergency security meeting today, Wednesday, November 22, in response to the Nkwanta riots.
Regional Minister Joshua Gmayenaam Makubu, appearing on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3 on Tuesday, November 21, verified the number of dead and described the pandemonium as “ethnic clashes.”
“Tomorrow we are going to have an emergency security meeting again, ” he further said.
He also disclosed that there had been conflicts in town two weeks earlier between members of two tribes, Adele and Akyode.
Following the conflicts, the Minister of the Interior, Ambrose Dery, acted on the advice of the REGSEC and via Executive Instrument to impose a curfew on Nkwanta township.
The curfew will be in force from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 21.
On Tuesday, November 21, an attacker opened fire in the town’s central market area.
Several people have been murdered and others have been injured as a result of the incident.
The Oti Regional Security Council dispatched officers to the region to handle the situation.
“Government wishes to appeal to all to exercise restraint and to use the established mechanisms for the resolution of all their conflicts and disputes.
“Meanwhile, the Government will like to reiterate that, there is a ban on all persons in Nkwanta Township and its environs from carrying arms, ammunition or any offensive weapons and any persons found with any arms or ammunition will be arrested and prosecuted,” the Minister said.
Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has categorically rejected selling his official house to a private developer.
He then stated that his home was “almost sold” to a private developer.
The Speaker of Parliament recently revealed that his Accra home was sold to a private developer while he was still living there.
He said this only came to light when the developer went to the Lands Commission to register the land on Monday at the Speaker’s Breakfast Forum in Accra.
However, the Lands Commission claimed in a statement that “at no time did the Lands Commission sell the said property to a private developer.”
In a recent meeting with civil society organisations, the Speaker emphasised that his official house was on the verge of being turned over to a developer except for the intervention of the Lands Commission.
“I didn’t say my residence was sold. That was not what I said. This was just a comment in passing when I said it was almost sold but luckily, I was in possession. And I said it was when they went to Lands Commission that they realised from the search that it was the residence of the Speaker,” Alban Bagbin clarified.
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