MP expresses worry about bad nature of Krachie East roads

Dambai (V/R), Sept. 1, GNA - Mr Wisdom Gidisu, Member of Parliament (MP) for Krachie East, has expressed worry about the bad nature of roads in the area, compounded by recent heavy rains. The situation, he said, was making life quite uncomfortable for the people.

Mr Gidisu, who was addressing an ordinary sitting of the District Assembly, said he was particularly dissatisfied with the performance of Schinson Construction Company, working on the Dambai town roads. He said that many trenches dug and left un-covered by the contractor had made roads in the district capital virtually impassable and vehicles often got stuck in the mud for hours and at times days, and urged the Company to expedite action on work and stop giving excuses. The MP asked the people to be patient with the Government as it was making efforts to improve the road network in the district. Mr Gidisu said that everything possible would be done to ensure that contractors awarded the Dambai-Asukawkaw road project completed the job on schedule.

Mr Gidisu said improving the country's road infrastructure was one of the priorities of the Mills Administration. He called on all stakeholders in education to ensure that every child of school-going age in the district was in school and provided with basic needs to retain them remain in the classroom. Mr Kofi Tibu, the District Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, said if the roads were not rehabilitated, food stuffs in Kete Krachie area could not be transported to the southern part of the country and farmers would find it difficult to repay loans contracted from the banks.

He also appealed to the Assembly to construct abattoirs in major towns like Asukawkaw and Tokuroano for the proper processing of meat. Mr Michael Nayo, an Assistant District Director of Education in-charge of Human Resource Management, expressed concern about the rate of truancy among school children, especially those at Dambai. He said more than 45 per cent of them stayed out of school on market days, while others joined their parents and other relatives in fishing and on the farm.

Mr Nayo said the District Education Office was liaising with the Forum for African Women Educationist (FAWE), UNICEF and World Vision International to tackle the problem of poor school attendance and urged parents, chiefs and other opinion leaders to support their efforts.