70% of Ghana's Roads in Good Condition -Anane

....Road network has improved under the NPP
Roads Transport Minister, Dr. Richard Anane says 70 percent of roads in the country are in good conditions.

He says this is a vast improvement over the situation under NDC administration, which only had 44 percent of roads in good shape.

Answering questions in parliament on Tuesday, Dr. Anane attributed the improved road network to what he described as huge investments by the government.

?By the end of 2005 about 74 per cent of the road network nationally were in good to fair conditions, that is the big change. Mr Speaker with respect to the gravel roads, the poor gravel roads decreased from 73 per cent in 2001 to 40 percent in 2005.

The roads, which were in, fair condition increased from 25 per cent to 32 per cent. With respect to the tarred roads, which were in poor, condition decreased from 22 per cent to 5 per cent,? he said.

But the Minister?s statements attracted criticism from members of the NDC minority, who suggested that the figures presented were inaccurate.

?The supplementary question is that the Feeder road network had increased by 18,907 kilometres, so I want him to confirm that this condition is not absolutely correct.?

? Where he is referring to the state of the roads in 2001 do not work up to 100 per cent. Where did you get these figures? 27 per cent, 17 per cent plus 50 per cent works up to 94 per cent, where is the 6 per cent coming from??

Minister Richard Anane explained that he had been under the weather and therefore could not check the figures. This drew a lot of laughter from the minority side.

? Err as its known, I?ve not been well for the past week or so, I?ve not really checked on this but Mr Speaker, I expect that if there a genuine mistake, there is. But there was a marked improvement. Yes the 27 per cent good is correct, Mr Speaker I think the last figure is correct. I think it?s the printers devil,? he said.