Story by Isaac Asare
Government
of Ghana will by close of the month
see to the signing of a contractual agreement with a Brazilian Quiroz
Galvao
engineering group to kick start the reconstruction and upgrade work on
the
50-kilometer Bolgatanga-Bawku trunk road.
To this effect, the sector
ministry
has secured the needed funding to seal the proposed deal with the said
group to
enable them move to site as per the signing of the agreement.
Brazilian
Quiroz
Galvao is currently in charge of the upgrade of runway and expansion
work at
the Tamale Airport Terminal.
The Upper East Regional Minister, Albert Abongo who
made
the disclosure in an interaction with the media in Bolgatanga said the
much
talked about Bolga-Bawku stretch of road remains one of his priority
projects
and that government is committed to expedite action to ensure its
successful
completion.
The minister touched on other developmental issues affecting
the
region and pledged his readiness to pursue them to the latter.
For him,
development is a process that requires the collective effort of all
particularly the media.
Mr Abongo, however, promised an open door policy
and
charged the media to contact him on any issue for redress.
The meeting
organized
by the leadership of the Regional Coordinating Council, RCC, sought to
foster
effective collaboration with the media in providing practical solutions
to the
myriad of infrastructural challenges facing the region.
It was also
intended to
solicit views from the media to help promote and deepen the governance
system
at the regional level. Key among the issues discussed bordered on
security and
the state of development in the region.
In a brief comment, the Regional
Chairman of the GJA, Eric Amo, expressed grave concern about the slow
pace of
development in the region which he noted is partly due to the constant
reshuffling of regional ministers.
He noted that in less than five
years, the
region has witnessed four ministers with some spending less than a year
in
office.
The practice, he warned, has contributed in drawing the
development of
the region backwards.
Mr Amo, further called on government
to always consider the collective interest of the people first before
taking decisions
that have the potential thwarting the development effort of region.
On
security,
Mr Amo, was equally worried about the current instability in the
municipality
as far as the Bolga skin affair is concern.
He said for years, the
municipality
has enjoyed relative peace until the chieftaincy issue erupted.
The
situation,
he bemoaned has to an extent undermined the prevailing peace and if care
is not
taking, some unscrupulous persons might take advantage of the
misunderstanding
to perpetuate various crimes.
According to him, it has become essential
for government and the national security to intervene by fashioning
moves to resolve the impasse
before it gets out of proportion.
The meeting was attended by
representatives
of the various media houses. Also in attendance was the Deputy Upper
East
Regional Minister, Dr Robert Kuganab-Lem.
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