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Ministry procures graders for
District Assemblies
Tema, Oct. 22, Ghanadot/GNA - The Ministry of Local
Government, Rural Development and Environment has acquired
42 motor graders valued at 10 million Ghana cedis to be
distributed to Metropolitan, Municipal and District
Assemblies through out the country.
The 42 which were pre-financed by the Prudential Bank were
the first batch of 170 graders the Ministry was procuring
from Messers Gunter Papenburg of Germany for the Assemblies.
The machines would facilitate the maintenance of feeder
roads in the beneficiary districts.
Mr Kwadwo Adjei Darko, Sector Minister who commissioned the
equipments at Tema on Wednesday said the partnership between
the Ministry and the manufacturers would give the Assemblies
the opportunity to own the machines and pay for them over a
two year period.
He stated that District Assemblies must ensure that feeder
roads and roads leading to residential areas were maintained
to boost economic activities for the improvement of
livelihoods.
Mr Adjei Darko said the initiative was part of measures put
in place by the Ministry to facilitate decentralization
adding that the aim of decentralizing government could only
be achieved when district assemblies were well equipped.
The Minister, also the Member of Parliament for Sunyani West
noted that departments such as the Works Department would be
integrated into the Assembly in the near future.
He said this would enable the Assemblies to directly monitor
and control the works of the Urban Roads and Feeder Roads
Departments.
The Minister appealed to beneficiary districts to partner
private companies to ensure proper management of such
equipments explaining that some Ghanaians mismanaged
government properties.
Mr David Quaye Annang, Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive
thanked the Ministry on behalf of the Assemblies and
promised that the equipment would be utilized for the
intended purpose.
He said the equipment would enhance their work adding that
the Assemblies had to finance the maintenance of such roads
from their limited finances.
Mr Charles Adjei, Chief Executive Officer of Pack Lane
Consortium, local representatives of the manufactures also
reiterated the benefits of maintaining roads in the country.
GNA
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