Botchway Visit Constituents

Accra, Sept. 12, GNA - Ms. Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, Member of Parliament for Weija, has assured her constituents in Anyaa and Ablekuma that the roads linking them and their environs would be constructed soon.

She said the roads were on the government's priority list and exhorted the people to be patient as the government spread out limited funds for road construction in the country.

"The government has not forgotten the people of Ablekuma," she said in a statement issued by the Information Services Department. "Most of the roads in the constituency have been neglected for a very long time. But this government has decided to construct them all in the possible time," Ms Botchway, who is also Deputy Minister for Trade, Industry and President's Special Initiatives (PSI) said at a forum in Ablekuma on Saturday when she paid a familiarization visit to the community.

She said the construction of the roads captured in this year's budget had delayed because the contractor, Cymen Construction Company, quit after constructing just about a kilometre of the 10-kilometre stretch.

She said the entire project had been re-awarded and would start from Awoshie to Pokuase Junction. Ms Botchway said those who would be affected by the construction would be compensated.

The Kokrobite-Tuba, Mallam-Gbawe, Gbawe-Cemetery and Sowutuom-Pokuase roads are already under construction. Ms Botchway said she had decided to construct schools in the constituency and mentioned Galilee DA Primary School, Ablekuma Primary School and Mallam School as some of the schools she helped to construct. She urged resident associations in the community to stop and report anybody building on water-ways to avoid flooding in future. Ms Botchway advised the people not to give money to persons who demanded payment of electricity poles provided by the government and warned that fraudsters would face the law when caught. She inaugurated a 150-million-cedi toilet facility she had built out of her share of the MP's Common Fund for the community, donated five wheelchairs to some physically challenged persons and handed-over the St. Justin's Anglican Primary School she had reconstructed to the school authorities.