Thousands of Teshie residents have massed up in the area to protest the deplorable state of their roads.
Teshie, a vibrant community located in Accra has been grappling with severe deterioration of their town roads.
The state of these roads has triggered concerns among commuters who lament the negative impact it has on their daily lives.
“All we are asking for is for the road to be fixed. I visited the workshop to fix my car twice just this week. You can imagine what we are going through as residents. We have been neglected for long. The potholes are even more than galamsey sites,” a road user lamented in a Citi News interview.
When Citi News’ Kennedy Twumasi visited various communities in Teshie, it became apparent that roads in the area were in deplorable states presenting numerous challenges to motorists and pedestrians.
The residents have thus hit the streets today, May 30, 2023, to demand a fair share of the national cake.
Govt announces immediate repairs of Teshie roads
Meanwhile, the Ledzokuku Municipal Assembly has announced the immediate commencement of rehabilitation works on several inner roads in Teshie.
The Assembly says inner roads in Tsuibleoo, LEKMA to Adjorman roundabout, Fertilizer Road, and King Kortey Road will be rehabilitated immediately.
The Assembly also disclosed its commitment to address the poor conditions of the inner roads in Greda Estates, Teshie Laskala, and the entire Coffee Street at Teshie after the initial rehabilitation projects are completed.
“As I speak, a contractor is on-site to immediately begin work on the following roads: Tsuibleoo Road, from LEKMA to Adjorman roundabout, Fertilizer Road, King Kortey Road, which is the third road, from Mamfe Junction to Yoomo Specs, which is 1.2 kilometres long, and the Numo Mashie Road, from Mobile to Tsuibleoo Last Stop. These projects will begin immediately. However, these are not the only roads that we will be working on. Others include the entire Coffee Street and others,” the MCE, Mordecai Quarshie, told the media on Monday.
The presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, says many companies in Ghana are relocating to neighbouring countries due to the worsening economic situation under the Akufo-Addo-led government.
He explained that the current economic climate is stifling business operations, pushing many companies to seek better opportunities in neighboring nations.
Mr Mahama further expressed concern that the youth no longer see a promising future in Ghana because of what he described as the government’s mismanagement of the economy.
Speaking during his meeting with the clergy in Accra on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, the former President emphasised the urgent need to rescue the nation from its current economic challenges, pledging that his leadership would manage the country’s resources efficiently.
Mr. Mahama also vowed to work tirelessly with his team to restore the economy for the benefit of all Ghanaians.
For the first time in 10 weeks, the government recorded an oversubscription of its treasury bills sale.
However, it paid a higher price for the 91-day bill which it received bids worth GH¢4.689 billion before achieving its target.
According to auction results from the Bank of Ghana, the government got GH¢5.529 billion from all the bids tendered, about 2.40% more than the target.ed amount
All the bids were accordingly accepted.
The 91-day bill received the bulk of the bids of GH¢4.689 billion, about 84% of the total bids.
About GH¢594 million of the bids came from the 182-day bill, whilst GH¢245.74 million were made up of the 364-day bills.
Meanwhile, interest rates were mixed across the yield curve.
Whilst the yield on the 91-day bill went up marginally that of the 182-day and 364-day bills declined slightly.
The yield on the 91-day bill was 24.91%, higher than the 24.90% recorded a week ago.
The rate on the 182-day bill went down by 2.0 basis points to 26.78%, whereas that of the 364-day bill also declined to 28.07%, from the previous week’s 27.91%.
Inflation eased marginally last week. This could push interest rates down but albeit slowly.
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has expressed outrage over the government’s prolonged failure to assist individuals affected by the Akosombo Dam spillage.
Despite the disaster occurring almost a year ago, many affected persons remain in camps without receiving compensation or necessary support to resume their lives.
Addressing a stakeholder public hearing, Ablakwa revealed that over 1,300 affected persons still live in camps, criticising the government’s approach as inadequate.
He highlighted the government’s inter-ministerial committee’s failure to engage with MPs from impacted areas, despite being established to address the issue.
“You heard the government set up a 30-member committee. We are the inter-ministerial committee. To be very honest with you, we are very disappointed that that committee has not met us even once. I mean, a lot of the members, we are in parliament with them. I would have thought that even if it’s parliament, we can meet here.”
“We can even meet at the cafeteria, even over coffee that, oh, share data with us or tell us what is happening. You know, not one meeting, not so, we don’t know if it was just maybe an announcement for the public for some cosmetic reason, but we don’t know.
The chiefs time without a number, they will even call us. You are in parliament with them. When is the committee coming? and we can’t provide answers because we are not, we haven’t been engaged.”