Falling Aburi boulders: MP demands answers

Chairman of Parliament’s Subsidiary Legislation Committee, O. B. Amoah, is demanding answers from the Ministry of Roads and Highways on its failure to deal with the danger posed by hanging and falling sedimentary rocks on the Aburi-Accra road.

Speaking on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Class91.3FM Monday June 6, Mr Amoah said the Ministry needed to provide answers on why that threat has persisted.

“The Assembly went for inspection there; we all saw what was happening. Indeed, because of what was happening, we brought in the Ministry, Highways, and every institution involved in this situation. And, indeed, if you check, they have put signboards there that: ‘Beware of falling rocks’, but the major thing is that the Ministry of Roads and Highways made us aware last year that by February this year, the contractors would start work on this particular stretch, and that given the situation as an emergency one, within a few months, the whole problem would be addressed,” he stated.

Mr Amoah continued: “That was February and we are in June and nothing has started. Indeed they even gave us the name of the company as CST, which has been awarded the contract to start the whole thing. That was when we all alerted them to the danger involved in this situation. So, some of us have been asking every day: ‘Are we still in February?’ and now this disaster is looming! So, the Ministry should come out and tell us exactly what is happening and why up until now the contractor has not commenced work.”

The hanging and falling boulders have become a constant threat to commercial and private drivers and passengers who traverse that route on daily basis. Some fear it is disaster-in-waiting.