Kadjebi: Mr Musah Fatau, the District Roads Improvement Programme (DRIP) Coordinator for the Kadjebi District in the Oti Region, has rendered an account of the use of road construction machines entrusted to the Assembly under the government's DRIP initiative. Mr Fatau, who is also the Assemblyman for the Dodi-Papase North Electoral Area, disclosed this during a sitting of the Kadjebi District Assembly held at Kadjebi.
According to Ghana News Agency, the machines had significantly contributed to the reshaping and rehabilitation of several roads within the district, although some of the equipment required servicing to improve efficiency. The DRIP machines had been deployed to reshape roads from Dodo-Fie to the CHPS Compound Junction, Dodo-Amanfrom, Kadjebi Zongo to New Site, Pampawie, and other communities to improve accessibility and ease transportation challenges faced by residents. Additionally, the machines were used to dredge gutters at Dodo-Tamale, Dapaa Junction, and Kponkpa-Kablator, where a bridge and culverts are expected to be constructed.
Mr Fatau emphasized the usefulness of the machines, stating, 'The machines have been very useful to the district. We are working and will continue to do more to improve the roads.' He further noted the machines' role in evacuating heaps of refuse at locations such as Dzindziso, Kordibenu-Nyarku, Mempeasem, Kadjebi Health Centre, Kadjebi Bombers Park, Menuso, and other communities. He described the government's decision to supply DRIP machines to Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies across the country as a laudable intervention aimed at addressing poor road networks, particularly in farming communities.
During the Assembly sitting, Mr Sampson Quashigah, a Government Appointee to the Assembly, commended the Coordinator and operators of the machines for their work. He noted that several roads within the district still required urgent attention to facilitate the transportation of farm produce from communities to market centres and appealed for intensified road rehabilitation efforts to improve economic activities and reduce the burden on farmers and traders.
Mr Isaac Abavon, Assemblyman for the Dubonku Electoral Area, also appealed to the DRIP Coordinator to extend the reshaping exercise to Sumunanteng and surrounding communities to improve road conditions in the area. Some Assembly members expressed optimism that the sustained use of the DRIP machines would help open up deprived communities and promote socio-economic development in the district.