Speaking after their turn with the Committee on Local Government and Rural Development’s public hearing of the Internal Audit Report on MMDAs for the year ended 2024, the DCE noted that the road network in the district is terrible, stating that apart from some 1 kilometer road from the market to the DCE’s residence, the whole district is without a tarred road.

He alluded to the fact that the way and manner the district is carved is also a contributing factor to their road challenges, and this, he stated is equally posing administrative challenges.

“The way it was carved also has administrative challenges, it is too vast. We are starting from the Upper East Region, down to the Savannah region. We share boundaries with all these areas. So, if you are the DCE, and you want to go to the other side, even you cannot come back to your district capital the same day so it’s too vast”.

“And because of these challenges, the roads are too terrible. If not, as I was saying, our location is very strategic. Because if you have Savannah here, North East, Sissala East you can do a lot of businesses with them, but the infrastructure is just not there; it is a challenge that we are not able to do these things”.

Meanwhile, he was optimistic that with the kind of resources being channeled to the Assembly, and the availability of the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) machines, “we are going to turn things around”, he added.

He also appealed to the government to come to their aid with the massive road improvement currently ongoing nationwide under the ‘Big Push’ to ensure their roads also become more user friendly, stating that this will go a long way to improve economic activities in the district.