Reliable information available to The Chronicle indicates that the road construction equipment that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia promised all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have arrived in the country.
Our sources at the corridors of power say the equipment have been shipped to Ghana and movement from port started Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
At the time of filing this report in the afternoon of Thursday, July 25, 2024 The Chronicle had been informed that equipment for “50 districts have been assembled. They are being assembled here in Ghana,” our deep throat source said.
The Chronicle knocked on the doors of its contacts to verify the veracity of a video purporting to be the equipment enroute from the Tema port to Accra.
Our checks confirmed that, indeed the equipment was in. This paper could not readily get the total number that had arrived.
However, from an earlier answer, at least 50 have already arrived and have been assembled, awaiting commissioning, which our sources informed us will be done at the Independence Square, sometime next week.
“There will be a commissioning ceremony at the Independence Square, likely next week,” this paper was told.
The equipment include Excavators, Backhoe loaders, Wheel loaders, Motor graders, Skid-steer loaders, Compact rollers and Articulated Dump trucks.
ANNOUNCEMENT
On Tuesday, June 4, 2024 The Chronicle published that the Vice President, Dr. Bawumia, had announced the procurement of road construction equipment for all the Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs).
The flagbearer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Monday, June 3, 2024 at a meeting with the Central Regional House of Chiefs, made the announcement.
He was in the region as part of his nationwide campaign tour, where he told Nananom that upon arrival, each of the 261 Districts of the country would have its own set of road construction equipment, including Graders and Tipper trucks.
According to Dr. Bawumia, the equipment is to aid road works in the various assemblies to ensure that all roads are motorable across all districts.
48 ENGINEERS REGIMENT
Dr. Bawumia indicated that the government will assign the 48 Engineers Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces to work with the Districts, with regard to the road construction.
Further, the government would provide the funds for fuel, sand and stones to aid in the construction of the roads in the various districts.
“The roads are key. But we are also bringing in a massive amount of road equipment for every district in the country. Every district will get a Grader, Roller, Pick-up truck, Tipper truck and Water tanker just to be able to make the road motorable across every district,” Dr. Bawumia said.
He continued that, “It is not next year; this month, June, the equipment will start arriving. The equipment is on the way and when it arrives, every District will have its own set of equipment. And we are assigning the 48 Engineers Regiment of the Army to come and work with the Districts so that construction can be done. And we will provide the resources for the fuel, stones, sand and with all of that, the work can progress.”
