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The Ghana to London Drive : The woman’s story.
Day 1 (22nd /23rd): The Journey Begins
The airy Saturday morning was a combination of excitement and anticipation of the unknown terrain that lay ahead.
Were the cars prepped for the journey? Oh yes!. I will tell you about it later as we get deeper into the story
You all know how plans made in a group hardly moves from the chat to “we dey move” . Well not this one . Wanderlust GHANA was determined to make this happen and they sure did!
Meet up spot, BLAY Apartments(Oyarifa). I met Quincy for the first time . The youngest amongst the lot. His was a 10,000km road-trip to bond with his father , and I thought that was special. Mrs Peprah kept me company whiles the men were being men (lol). The $1 million in the room saga was trending so discussing it with her was a good distraction.
9:30am , took final photos . Husbands said their final goodbyes to wives and children. Time asooooo- time aso!
Let’s go!!!!!
We Drove to Dormaa Ahenkro so we connect to the mid entry point into Ivory . But 453km road that we should do in just a couple of hours, will take us having to stop at Eusbett Hotel and continue next day, SMH.
Eusbett was a lovely place. Food was good . Customer service on point. But they wouldn’t allow me to take pictures of the breakfast buffet which I found odd.
Oh we took some pictures and that’s one of the photos circulating. My white shoes meant I was still in Ghana. It changed colors as we moved from country to country.
In about 2 hours we got to Gonokrom, an exit town into Ivory Coast. Wait….. there was a need to stop and help one of the vehicles with a leak in one of his brake hoses. This one was a “national agenda” because the speed with which they squad got together to help was awesome. It was at that point I knew there was a lot Shecanic could learn from. This was my first introduction to Kwame Peprah. Oh my heart was immediately drawn to him. He got his hand dirty. Saka Homes brought his tool box and quickly went back to exercise ( that’s another story lol).
In just about 45 mins we had diagnosed, fixed the issue and was back on the road .
Gonokrom, Ghana’s border town to Ivory Coast was my first introduction to the concept of no man’s land where there is no law . You can do anything, anything at all and get away with it. I thought that was interesting.
At the border they asked for pass and license of all the vehicles, passports and yellow card. There was a heat sensor device to check our temperature. Not sure the purpose of it but I will give them an A for effort. Did they ask for Ghana card? No it was the passport the needed. Old school style of book keeping. Stamping the passports means there will be fewer pages for international visas . Why can’t the Ghana card be enough?!
After an hour of what should have been a a 10 minute session, we (passengers)were given back our document and was allowed to walk into Ivory Coast.
Did we pay any bribes? Well not at this port. Or if they did I was shielded.
The Journey is the destination!!!!
Writeup by: Shecanic, the only female who joined the trip from Accra to London by road
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
Richard Appiah, the footballer who killed two children and stored part of their bodies in a fridge at Abesim in the Bono Region in 2021 has been handed a lifetime sentence.
This was after a five member panel of judges at the Accra High Court returned a verdict of guilty against the convict.
Appiah, 32, also a draughtsman would spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of murder.
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BY MALIK SULLEMANA
