According to the National Democratic Congress MP, the NPP government, after assuming power in 2017 terminated the road contract which had been awarded by his government prior to living office.

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“It is not true that the contractor abandoned the road; indeed, the contractor was on-site for six months after the NDC awarded the contract but the NPP government terminated the contracts when he raised the first certificate for payment in January 2016 and threatened to leave if not paid.”

Speaking in an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen, the legislator who commented on the demonstration by residents described the situation as worrying.

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“To see chiefs in the area clad in T-shirts supporting the demonstration on Wednesday makes the situation worrying but I understand the pains of the people and hope the government will fix the roads,” he said.

Agitated residents of Nkroful on Wednesday embarked on a demonstration to protest the deplorable roads in the area.

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The residents of the hometown of Ghana’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, during the protest, threatened to boycott any national activity if the government does not heed to their request.

Source: Adomonline.com | Gertrude Otchere

The District Chief Executive of Ellembelle, Kwasi Bonzo, is accusing the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of failing to construct a single kilometer road at Nkroful in the Western region.

He said the Mahama-led administration awarded a partial 16 months contract but as at the time the New Patriotic Party came to office, no work had been done on the road.

Mr Bonzo’s comment follows a demonstration by residents of Nkroful, the hometown of Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, on Wednesday against the government over the bad road which links the town to Essiama Village.

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The demonstrators, numbering about 600, threatened to boycott all national activities should government fail to construct the four-kilometre road stretch linking the two towns.

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Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosi Sen show, Thursday, he said “I engaged the chiefs to talk to the people to call off the demo because work was about to kick start and the demo wasn’t necessary. The contractor told us he was not being paid so he stopped but because the road leads to Kwame Nkrumah’s hometown, we wanted to do something in his honour by making a 6.5 km asphalt,” he said.

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Source: Adomonline.com | Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy