The Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr. Kwasi Amoako-Atta, has stated that protests and demonstrations will not compel the Roads and Highways Ministry to construct roads.
He indicated that protests and demonstrations by citizens are not the appropriate means of drawing the government's attention to fix roads although citizens have the right to express concerns through demonstrations.
"People of this country anywhere have the right to express concerns over the nature of their roads. If it is an emergency, draw our attention to it. It is our duty to go and help, but do not threaten the government, do not threaten my ministry with demonstrations," he told 3 News.
Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta said the construction of roads in the country are guided by plans formulated by the Roads and Highways Ministry.
He reiterated that the Roads and Highways Ministry will be consistent with the plans to enable the ministry to reach its goals.
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Meanwhile, the Roads and Highways Ministry has begun work on the deplorable roads in the Madina constituency following the demonstration.
Mr Kwasi Amoako-Atta denied claims that the recent protest by the Madina MP and his constituents forced the ministry to assign the deplorable roads to a contractor.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Madina, Francis Xavier-Sosu embarked on a demonstration over deplorable roads in his constituency on Monday, October 25, 2021.
According to the Madina MP, the protest was to compel the government to quickly step fixed the bad nature of roads in the constituency.