The Volta Regional Coordinating Council has taken delivery of Road Maintenance and Construction Equipment for distribution to the 18 Municipal and District Assemblies in the Volta Region.
The Volta Regional Minister, Dr Archibald Yao Letsa handed over 117 road maintenance equipment to these Municipal and District Assemblies at a short ceremony in Ho on August 22.
These equipment include 18 vibrating rollers, 18 water tankers, 36 concrete mixtures, 3 bulldozers,18 tipper trucks, 6 sand loaders, 18 motor graders, among others.
The distribution of these equipment according to the Volta Regional Minister, Dr. Archibald Yao Letsa forms part of the District Improvement programme (DRIP) which aims at improving road networks in the various Municipalities and Districts in the Volta Region.
The Regional Minister said the programme if well executed, would help improve on the socio-economic activities of people to increase their income levels.
Dr Letsa mentioned particularly economic activities such as farming would improve drastically, since farm produce would no longer be left on the farms to rot for lack of vehicles to convey the farm produce to market centers due to bad road network.
The Minister stressed the need for the assemblies to make efficient and effective use of the equipment to serve it’s intended purpose.
The Technical Manager of J.A Plant Pool GH. Ltd. manufacturer of the equipment announced that maintenance centres would be established across the 16 regions to avoid traveling to Accra for maintenance of the equipment when they develop faults.
The Technical Manager disclosed that plans are far advanced to collaborate with Technical Universities to train the youth with requisite skills in maintenance of the equipment.
He said his outfit would be employing about 5000 youth across the regions to operate the equipment as he commended government for its vision and initiative.
The Paramount Chief of Abutia Traditional area, Togbe Abutia Kodzo Gidi on behalf of Volta Regional House of Chiefs urged the Assemblies to adopt the maintenance culture to allow the equipment to live up to its lifespan.
Story by Robert Abilba
