Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has declared that the year 2020 is the ‘Year of Roads’ as the Government will be focusing on fixing roads across the country in 2020 and beyond.
He was speaking at the 2020 Budget and Economic Policy of Government in Parliament when he stated:
“With the large number of roads to be constructed, the year 2020 can aptly be described as the ‘Year of Roads’ along with a focus on all our flagship programmes.”
Prior to this statement, the Minister admitted that there is still a lot more to be done. ”Today the cry everywhere in Ghana is about the poor state of our roads”, he said.
He however attributed the deplorable states of our roads to the inactions of the previous Government to fix the roads.
“It is an unprecedented cry and it makes you wonder where all the roads in the NDC’s Green Book are”, he added.
The Minister has said that to get the road sector moving, the Government will pay 80% of all contractors.
By: Alberta Dorcas N D Armah.