Residents of Akuse in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality and transport operators in the area on Monday 26th September 2022 organised a massive demonstration to express their displeasure to Government about the very bad state of the road network in the area.
The demonstration which was organized by the transport operators and natives of Akuse and its environs had the major link roads from Akuse Junction through Akuse Township to the neighboring communities blocked in the early hours of Monday 26th September, 2022 to some hours after Midday before opening way after the peaceful demonstration.
Their major concern is about the deplorable state of the Akuse Junction through Akuse Township roads as well as its adjoining sections which links to Asutsuare in the Shai Osudoku District in the Greater Accra Region region among others.
Confirmed information gathered indicates that the last time that stretch of road received any major attention was way back 1992 which has left that stretch in its current bad state causing damages to their vehicles and as well causing accidents.
Transport operators within the area who were actively part of the demonstration said despite the unbearable damages they records on daily basis due to the bad nature of the road network within Akuse in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality and Asutsuare in the Shai Osudoku District, their major concerns are the painful moments they witnessed on several occasions moving pregnant women and other residents during health emergencies to the Akuse Government Hospital which is being linked by only this bad road network.
They called on leaders, opinion leaders and government to act now before the unexpected happen.
In one voice they good people of Akuse and transport operators in the area called on the ruling NPP government under the leadership of H. E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana to as a matter of urgency do something about this Deplorable road network in the area which is damaging their vehicles and causing very life threatening road accidents leading to death of some people.
Several employees of Golden exotic, Shine Star, VRA-Akuse, Akuse Government Hospital, Akuse Methodist Technical SHS, Ghana Commercial Bank – Akuse Branch among others couldn’t make it to their various work places as the only link road to the area was blocked by the demonstrators.
The demonstrators called on institutions like the VRA, Shine Star, Golden Exotic to as part of their cooperate social responsibility to assist to address this troubling situation.
SUPT/MR. Cletus Abadamlora, Akuse District Police Commander who led the Police Deployment to peacefully guide this planned peaceful demonstration expressed his satisfaction at the peaceful nature of the demonstration as he entreat the citizens to always follow the right procedures in times like this to safeguard lives and properties.
Other issue that came up during the demonstration is the urgent need to fix the Akuse Government Hospital by upgrading it to a modern status to be able to deliver the best of health care services.
