Completion Of Madina Footbridges On Course-MP
The Member of Parliament (MP) for
Madina Constituency in the Greater Accra Region, Alhaji Abubakar Saddique
Boniface has defended his earlier statement that the six footbridges on the Tetteh-Quarshie-Madina-Adenta
N4 highway will be completed on scheduled by the governing New Patriotic Party
(NPP).
According to the MP, who is also
the Minister of State at the Office of the Vice President, he has not failed on
his promise that the footbridges will be completed last month.
He explained that he has not
reneged on his promise to see the footbridges completed on time to save lives
on the N4 highway.
He said he made the earlier promise
stemming from an assurance he had from the sector Minister, Kwesi Amoako Atta
at Cabinet.
‘’The failure of the footbridges
to be completed as promised earlier by the MP, became an issue on social media
over the weekend, when the 3NEWS online belonging to the stables of Tv3 network
reported that the MP has failed on the timelines he gave for the completion of
the footbridges.
The MP gave this strong
indication that the footbridges will be completed as promise in an interview
after residents of the area held a Town Hall meeting over the matter.
The MP said the propaganda that
he has failed on his promise to his constituents was not entirely correct.
Speaking in reaction to the news
of the Town Hall meeting by residents, the MP said the completion of the footbridges
is dear to heart of the president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo adding that the
completion of the footbridges will save the needless lives that are lost on
daily basis on the dual carriage road.
He explained that his decision to
assure his constituents that the footbridges will be completed in the month of
October was based on a promise the sector Minister for Roads and Highways made
to him when he raised the issue of rampant knock down of pedestrians on the Madina-Zongo
Junction stretch of road in the La-Nkwantanang Municipality.
‘It was at Cabinet level when I
raised the issue of the constituents agitating about the failure of the
contractor to complete the project on time’ he said.
He noted that at that level the
sector Minister explained that the contractor working on the project was owed
eighty million Dollars and that interest has been accruing on the initial
contract sum over the past ten years during reign of the National Democratic
Congress’ government.
He said his decision to announce
the end of the month of October for the completion of the footbridges stem from
these assurances the Minister gave at Cabinet.
According to him, the sector Minister
gave the assurance at the time, when he was in Cabinet with him as the Minister
for Inner-City and Zongo Development.
He stated the Minister in his
assurance said the contractor was willing to complete the footbridges if the
government should advance fifty percent of the moneys owed him.
‘’It was these assurances from
the sector Minister that elicited the said assurance as the MP for the area to
constituents when the residents were agitating about the happenings on the road.
‘I have not failed in my promise
as some of my detractors in the constituency may want the electorate to believe’.
The completion of the bridge is
on course as the sector Minister claims, the Roads Ministry is mobilizing for
the completion of the footbridges.
He noted that the Ministry is
working round the clock to mobilize the percentage of moneys being sought by
the contractor for him to complete the project.
He revealed that the president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is gravely worried about the spate of accidents on that stretch of the road
Source:checkoutghana.com.
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