According to her, teaching and learning has become difficult after the incident.

“We have informed the assembly several times, but we have not received any fruitful response,” she noted.

Speaking to Adom News, she said two classes have been merged and the children at the kindergarten have their studies in the headmaster’s office.

“Basic one and two are merged in one classroom; basic three and four are also in one classroom; how can learning be effective?” she queried.

Nana Achiaa called on Sokoman natives abroad and other non-governmental organizations to support them with better education.

“There are a lot of successful people who come from our community, and we are counting on them to come to our aid,” she said.

The headmaster of Soko D/A Basic and JHS, Mr. Solomon Acheampong, explained that the dilapidated nature of their school block has made it difficult to access quality education.

“The Parent Teacher Association supported us by roofing some of the buildings, but they ran out of funds, which has left the building uncompleted,” she said.

He said though authorities are aware of the situation nothing has been done so far.

This came to light when the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation Mobile Learning visited the Sokoman community to introduce the students to ICT learning.

The project, worth more than GHC8 million, is being funded by GMCL and is expected to be completed in five months.

Speaking at the function, the Engineering Manager of GMCL, Mr Ebenezer Eshun, said although they had rehabilitated the road twice, it continued to deteriorate and due to that they decided to include it in their budget this year to get it permanently done.

He said after extensive consultation with experts, the company agreed to fix the Tamso-Nsuta road with concrete pavement blocks to ensure its durability.

“At first, we did resurfacing of this road, then the company went ahead to do asphalt overlay, but both did not last. So, after series of engagement with our stakeholders, we realised the best solution was to use pavement blocks as it has lots of advantages,” he stated.

Mr Eshun stressed that completion of the project would help the public carry-out their daily work smoothly and facilitate the easy transportation of manganese from their site to the Takoradi Port.

He appealed to the public, especially motorists, to provide the needed support to the contractor to ensure the successful completion of the project as scheduled.

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Tarkwa Nsuaem Assembly, Mr Benjamin Kessie, commended GMCL for the move and charged them to do more for their host communities as they have operated for many years.

“Fortunately for us the contractor is one we know. Whilham has been doing a fantastic job within our Municipality and beyond. He is a local contractor, and we believe he will give us the quality we expect and also work within time,” he added.

The Municipal Roads Engineer, Mr Derrick Obeng, added that his office would liaise with the contractor to ensure drivers adhered to all the traffic management put in place to enable him to discharge his duties effectively.

“To minimise the impact of traffic congestion during the construction, vehicles traveling from Akyempim area towards Nsuta should use the Tamso New road through Senyakrom to Nsuta and vice versa. Also, vehicles moving from Tarkwa town towards Nsuta area are expected to turn at Asempa hotel junction through Hill top to Nsuta and vice versa,” he advised.

They explained the nine kilometer road is in a deplorable condition, hindering them from accessing quality healthcare in the municipality.

The chief of the community, Nana Seidu Gyabaa, told Adom News people died of snake bite in the area because there were no vehicles to convey them to a hospital and appealed for the situation to be attended to.

Due to the bad nature of the road, drivers refuse to ply the route, resulting in their inability to convey their sick people and pregnant women to the Drobo Municipal Hospital.

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According to residents who spoke to Adom News‘ reporter Christian Ofori Kumah, the bad nature of the road was hampering socio-economic activities in the area as well as health.