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-PapaseNorth Electoral Area, disclosed this during a sitting of the Kadjebi District Assembly held at Kadjebi.
He stated that 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.
According to him, 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.
He added that the machines were also used to dredge gutters at Dodo-Tamale, Dapaa Junction, and Kponkpa-Kablator, where a bridge and culverts are expected to be constructed.
“The machines have been very useful to the district. We are working and will continue to do more to improve the roads,” he stated.
Mr Fatau further noted that the machines had been used to evacuate heaps of refuse at 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 that would help address poor road networks, particularly in farming communities.
Contributing to discussions during the Assembly sitting, MrSampson Quashigah, a Government Appointee to the Assembly, commended the Coordinator and operators of the machines for the work done so far.
He, however, observed that several roads within the district still required urgent attention to facilitate the transportation of farm produce from communities to market centres.
Mr Quashigah 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.
