Citizens continuously lament the poor nature of infrastructure in their communities only for leaders to come and reiterate their empty promises, but when the leaders start lamenting then there is a big reason to worry, some argue.
Accra is a perfect case study ? shoddy roads are typically paved away from the capital, but even on some principal streets in Accra, some road infrastructures are poorly built. Some question, who would care about a little village somewhere?
Who is to blame for the lazy manner in which these roads are done? The people say the government, but who is the government?
Perhaps, those with immediate contact with the people district, municipal and metropolitan chief executives. But they say they are not to blame, leaving residents to lay their concerns at the doorsteps of the ministry.
One of such roads is Tetegu Road in the Ga West Municipality, just minutes away from the Central Business District.
The road is now dilapidated barely after a year of completion. Many residents and commuters are displeased with the situation and are calling for heads to roll.
Former Municipal Chief Executive Officer of the Ga West, Sam Atukwei Quaye has distanced the assembly from such projects, saying that they are done by the ministry without consulting the assembly.
Speaking to Accra based Citi FM Tuesday, Mr Quaye stated that as DCE, you could just wake up one day to see contractors on the road without anyone telling you anything.
He stated that even after the contracts are awarded, the DCE may have to do follow-ups before getting access to some of the contract documents.
“They do not publish the contracts as they should,” he lamented.
The former MCE believes the broken link between the awarders of the contracts and those expected to supervise is greatly to blame for the shoddy work done.
He recounted one instance where some constructors were using clay to work on the road.
“One time I saw some workers using clay to fill the road and using some small bitumen to cover the top,” he told Citi FM's Bernard Avle.
He stated how such circumstances causes the DCEs/MCEs to be untruthful to residents and other interested parties who question the nature of such contracts.
He added that, due to such circumstances, the assembly is unable to share the details of these contracts with ordinary citizens who want to peruse them.
“Sometimes we just involve the assemblymen and they look at it,” he said.
Meanwhile, some residents have vowed to use every medium available including legal action against the government to get accountability on the project.
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