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Residents of Nkwanta south municipality join hands to mend deteriorating roads
Residents of Kue, Pawa, and neighbouring farming communities within the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti Region have been compelled to unite and engage in communal labour to address the deteriorating condition of their roads.
The local roads, including others in the municipality, have reached a dire state, causing immense hardship for the inhabitants.
Despite their best efforts, they have struggled to transport their agricultural produce to markets, thus, affecting their quality of life.
Primarily consisting of farmers, the residents shared with Adom News’ Obrempongba Owusu that their initiative to collectively repair the roads using stones and sand was driven by the necessity to improve the transportation of their crops to various market centres.
Drivers, who regularly use these roads, mentioned that the area is known for producing substantial quantities of yams and other foodstuffs, but due to the poor road conditions transporting these goods to markets has been a persistent challenge.
This difficulty has resulted in perishable produce spoiling before reaching its destination.
The inhabitants lamented that the subpar road conditions have prevented local market women from reaching their community to purchase farm produce.Urgent action from the government and relevant road authorities was thus appealed for to rectify this situation.
Geoffrey Kini, the Member of Parliament for the constituency, was informed about the community’s efforts and responded by coordinating the dispatch of trucks and boulders to aid in repairing certain sections of the road.
While commending the residents for their collective spirit, Mr Kini expressed his frustration at witnessing the community resort to using basic materials like boulders and stones to mend the road due to the prolonged negligence from successive governments.
He highlighted that numerous reports about the dire state of roads within the municipality have been presented to the government, aiming to garner attention and resources for road repairs.
These efforts, however, failed to yield positive outcomes, even after extending an invitation to the Minister for Roads and Highways to address these concerns in Parliament.
Source: Adomfmonline.com
Ghana Tourism Authority is leading Ghana’s participation at ITB Berlin, which opened in Berlin with a vibrant national pavilion highlighting Ghana’s rich cultural heritage, tourism destinations and investment opportunities.
March 5 has been designated as Ghana Day, a special platform to promote Ghana’s languages, cuisine, Kente, festivals and business prospects to the global tourism community. The stand has already drawn strong interest with traditional arts and crafts displays, immersive multimedia presentations and popular Ghanaian snacks.
Seven private-sector players are exhibiting alongside government officials as part of efforts to deepen trade partnerships, expand market access, and attract investment across the hospitality, heritage tourism, ecotourism, and creative arts sectors.
Ahead of the official opening, the Ghana delegation also engaged young Ghanaian investors in Germany in collaboration with V Afrika-Verein and the Ghana Embassy, strengthening diaspora investment linkages and highlighting opportunities within the tourism value chain.
Ghana’s coordinated presence at ITB Berlin 2026 reinforces its strategy to position the country as the Gateway to Africa and a competitive destination for leisure travel and global investment.
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has expressed concern over delays in the release of the District Assemblies Common Fund, warning that the situation is stalling development across the country.
On his facebook page, he described as a matter of urgent national importance, the Minority Chief Whip pointed to what he sees as a growing crisis of unpaid contractors, abandoned projects, and halted infrastructure works in many districts.
He noted that several communities are grappling with half completed schools, unfinished health facilities, abandoned markets, deteriorating roads, and stalled sanitation projects.
According to him, many contractors who have executed projects for district assemblies have not been paid, forcing some construction firms to demobilise from sites while workers lose their jobs.
He stressed that the District Assemblies Common Fund is not a discretionary allocation but a constitutional requirement under Article 252 of the 1992 Constitution, intended to support development at the local level.
In his view, years of delayed releases and accumulated arrears have weakened district development financing and disrupted projects meant to improve living conditions in communities.
He further argued that some payments made in recent years were largely the settlement of old debts rather than funding for new or ongoing projects, a situation he believes has affected contractor confidence and local economic activity.
He described the issue as more than a budgetary challenge, characterising it as a development emergency and a governance concern.
He therefore urged the appropriate authorities to pay outstanding DACF arrears, settle contractors who have completed their work, and ensure that transfers to districts are automatic and predictable.
He maintained that decentralisation can only succeed when district assemblies receive adequate and timely funding to carry out development projects.
He emphasised that stalled projects directly affect ordinary citizens, since they rely on such infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, sanitation, and economic activities.
He called for renewed attention to grassroots development, insisting that national progress should not be concentrated only in major cities but extended to all communities.
By: Jacob Aggrey
