A video has surfaced of President John Dramani Mahama taking a swipe at former Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Yandoh, over his comments on the Accra-Kumasi Expressway.
Paul Yandoh, during a recent radio discussion, criticised the use of the military for clearing the path for the expressway.
According to Paul Yandoh, Ghana’s soldiers have stopped fighting wars and are now constructing roads.
He stated, “Today, Ghana’s soldiers have stopped fighting wars. They (the soldiers) no longer go on missions in Lebanon and other places. Now, Ghana’s soldiers are constructing roads”.
However, President Mahama, speaking at a ceremony to mark the handing over of the right-of-way for the expressway some days ago, jabbed the NPP communicator.
According to John Mahama, only an ignorant person would say that soldiers cannot be used for the construction of roads.
He argued that during the PNDC era, the late Rawlings used the military to construct Donkorkrom Road.
“I heard one of the radio commentators say, ‘… soldiers are now constructing roads’. I mean he is ignorant. For those of us who were old enough in the PNDC era when Rawlings decided to open up Afram Plains, no civilian contractor could construct Donkorkrom Road.
“It was the Ghana Armed Forces that were asked to go and open up the road to Donkorkrom, and they accomplished the task,” he said.
In related news, President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that the proposed Accra-Kumasi Expressway will significantly reduce travel time between the two cities.
According to John Mahama, the Accra-Kumasi Expressway will cut travel time to 2 hours when the project is completed.
President Mahama disclosed that the recommended speed on the Accra-Kumasi Expressway will be 120km per hour.
Mahama stated, “When completed, as you were told, the recommended speed on the Expressway will be 120km per hour. You can drive at 120km per hour”.
“Even if he is travelling at 100km an hour, it means that the journey will take him two hours, instead of the five to six hours that we currently use on the old Accra-Kumasi highway,” President Mahama said.
Mahama emphasised that the reduced travel time would make it possible for people to commute between the two cities for business and return home the same day.
“And so Nana, when this Expressway is finished, you can leave Kumasi at 6am and you’ll be in Accra by 8am,” he stated.
Watch the video below:
@ghnow_ Roads and Highways Minister Hon. Governs Kwame Agbodza angrily confronts contractors, questioning their explanations over project delays. #GHnow #fyp ♬ original sound – GHnow
@ghnow_ Road Minister angrily blast contractor over delays #GHnow #fyp ♬ original sound – GHnow
