Residents that commute to and from Sirigu in the Kassena-Nankana West District and Zorkor in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region are unhappy that a bridge that broke in 2021 is still in a state of disrepair.
Even more worrying for the community members is that the Kassena-Nankana West District Assembly is unsure when the bridge will be fixed.
In April 2023, when Isaac Anyoka Adapah, the assemblyman for the Basengo Electoral Area, spoke with A1 Radio’s Mark Smith on the Day Break Upper East Show, he expressed serious concern about the situation.
“That bridge collapsed in 2021. We laid the complaint with the district assembly, and they came round, did the inspection, and assured us that they would come and work on it. We waited for a while, but nothing has been done. Our paramount chief also moved a step further and called the opinion leaders, and we sat on it. We invited them [the assembly], and they came. They gave us a promise that it would be done, but it hasn’t been done.”
Not quite long, the Kassena-Nankana Municipal Chief Executive, the Bongo District Chief Executive, the Kassena-Nankana West District Chief Executive, and the Regional Minister came, and they assured us that they would work on it. They came just about two weeks ago,” he said.
The Paramount Chief of the Sirigu Traditional Area, Naba Roland Akwara III has expressed an even greater form of worry over the lack of work on the broken bridge. He spoke to A1 Radio’s Mark Smith on the Day Break Upper East Show today, June 29, 2023.
Naba Akwara III explained that he had visited the District Assembly, the Upper East Regional Minister, the Regional Director for Feeder Roads, Members of Parliament for Navrongo Central, Bongo and Chiana-Paga, as well as the Minister in charge of Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako-Atta and explained the situation and yet, the many promises notwithstanding, nothing has been done to fix the bridge.
The Paramount Chief of the Sirigu area expressed concern about the danger the broken bridge poses and the inconvenience it poses to commuters on the road.
Watch the full interview here: Interview with Paramount Chief of Sirigu Traditional Area.
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana
