On the Ghana Presidential Pageant and Terrible Accra Roads

So Dan Botwe though that publicizing such a meeting in the press was counterproductive to the cause of the NPP since it created the (false) impression that there was some crisis in the NPP, plus the advertised issues have on a number of occasions been discussed by the leadership of the party.

Even before the Dan Botwe interview, i had urged listners to send me sms messages reporting bad roads, or roads in ruins as i called them, so we could ask the "appropriate authorities" what they were doing about them.
The response was overwhelming, roads all the way from Nsawam to Spintex Road had pot holes, pot wells etc, the rains had exposed the shabby nature of the constructions.
My efforts at getting an official comment on why so many roads had been exposed got me the Deputy Minister for Road Transport, the honorabe Magnus Opare Asamoah, MP for Akuapem South.
His comments were to the effect that the responsibility of monitoring and maintenance of urban roads lay with the Depatrment of Urban Roads, noting that although they propbably had taken notice of the state of many of our urban roads in Ghana, it was not advisable to attempt to repair them in the rainy season, since in his view that would amount to " putting plaster on a wet skin."

He however gave the assurance that the governement was aware of the poor state of some urban roads and was putting plans in place to addres the situation.

Then came the interview for the day with CPP MP, Dr. Papa Kwasi Nduom.