People of Deduako construct road from their own resources
The chiefs and the people of Deduako in the Bosomtwe District in the Ashanti Region have constructed a two-kilometre road to make the community accessible to Kuntanase, the district capital, and other communities.
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The construction of the road by the community was necessitated by drivers’ refusal to visit or ply the community because of the bad nature of the road connecting the community to the Kuntanase-Ejisu highway.
The construction, which cost GH¢80,000, involved the shaping of the two-km stretch, gravelling and tarring from a junction along the Kuntanase-Ejisu highway, as well as tarring of streets in the town.
The project was funded through fundraising by the chiefs and the people, with support from the chief’s personal resources.
Until the construction of that stretch of road, residents of the community had to walk from the Kuntanase-Ejisu highway to the community with their luggage each time they travelled, a practice which posed a great threat to them
That resulted in foodstuffs and other produce such as cocoa being carried to the main road before they could get vehicles to send them to the nearest market at Kuntanase and other surrounding communities.
Inaugurating the road, the Member of Parliament for Bosomtwe, Mr Simon Osei-Mensah, commended the chiefs and the people of the area for complementing government’s efforts at providing good roads for the people.
He called on the community to develop a good maintenance culture to ensure that the road lasted longer to serve its intended purpose.
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The MP challenged other communities to emulate the good gesture.
Mr Osei-Mensah pledged GH¢4,000 to the community towards the completion of their school projects.
The Chief of Deduako, Nana Adjei Panin II, in his welcome address, said he decided to assist in the construction of the road because of the challenges that confronted the chiefs and the people of the community.
He cited, for instance, the challenges pregnant women faced during labour, especially during the night, saying such women had to be carried on foot to Kuntanase, since drivers refused to come to the community due to the poor nature of the road.
Nana Panin called on other chiefs and well-meaning Ghanaians to support the development of their communities by initiating their own projects before seeking support from the government and other sources.
The chiefs said he was personally going to construct a teachers’ quarters to accommodate teachers posted to the community to ensure that education would be developed in the community.
The chiefs and the people used the occasion to raise funds to support the construction of a six-classroom block for the community to ease congestion.