Road Minister cuts grass for construction of deplorable Gwira roads in Nzema East

Regional News from Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Source: Daniel Kaku

2019-07-16

Residents of the Municipality of Nzema East, in the Western Region, will soon have a sigh of relief as the Hon. Kwesi Amoako Atta, Minister of Roads and Highways, is preparing for a grbad cutting ceremony for the construction of Gwira roads.

The movement follows the deplorable nature of the roads which had a decisive effect on the circulation of goods and services, thus paralyzing the local economy.

The roads will benefit many communities in the region.

They understand; Simpa Junction at Gwira Aiyinasi, Gwira Aiyinasi at Gwira Wiawso, Gwira Wiawso at Gwira Ebanso, Gwira Ebanso at Gwira Asonti, among others.

These areas are mainly cocoa producing areas, but successive governments have failed to tackle their road network.

Several calls have been made to successive governments for them to act on these roads. In 2018, the supreme leader of Gwiranman's traditional council, also chairman of Nzema's traditional council, Awulea Angamatu Agyan II, cried on these roads and urged the Akufo-Addo government. leads the government to fix it.

But in an exclusive interview with GhanaWeb Correspondent, the general manager of the region (MCE) for the region, Hon. Frank Okpenyen revealed that the government had obtained funds and that the Minister of Roads and Roads cut the grbad so that construction could begin.

"Finally, the Akufo-Addo Government has secured funds and the Honorable Amoako Atta will be visiting Gwira on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 to celebrate the inauguration ceremony and I am very pleased that these roads are our main concern. " , he stated.

It will be remembered that during the celebration of the 2018 Kundum festival by the chiefs and inhabitants of Axim, President Akufo-Addo, who was the special guest of honor, badured his commitment to build the roads of Gwira.

The MCE revealed that, aside from the roads of Gwira, the Minister of Roads will cut the same day for the construction of the roads of the canton of Nsien that cover the campus of Nsien SHS.

"On Monday, July 22, 2019, the Honorable Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, Minister of Transport, will commission the DVLA office complex in Ayiskro, in the municipality of Nzema East, which is good news for the sake of my region, "he noted.

He added that "President Akufo-Addo should cut for the construction of a landing beach at Axim on Tuesday, July 23, 2019".

He therefore took the opportunity to advise the inhabitants of the municipality of Nzema East to refrain from any partisan politics and to mobilize for development, "partisan politics is killing us and this should be a thing of the past" .

He concluded by congratulating the industry member, the Hon. Catherine Afeku for lobbying for these projects and urged the public to rally behind the MP to fight for more development projects.