Appiatse Reconstruction Chairman, Hon. Benito Owusu-Bio, Confident Of Meeting Set Timeliness
The Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, responsible for Lands and Forestry, and Chairman of the Appiatse Reconstruction Implementation Team, Hon. Benito Owusu-Bio says considering the output of work on the Appiatse Reconstruction so far, he is confident his team will be able to meet the set target of completion.
The Deputy Minister was impressed and satisfied with the level of work as he touted that Ghanaians can be rest assured as the promise made by government to bring back the Appiatse township is being fulfilled.
Hon. Benito expressed this confidence when he, together with some members of his team, paid a working visit to the Appiatse Reconstruction site on Thursday, 6th April, 2023 to among others inspect progress of work.
Upon inspection Hon. Benito Owusu-Bio revealed that a drainage system has commenced by the Urban Roads to help direct rain water to the right gutters, allowing free flow of rain water in the community and also avoid floods.
Speaking with much optimism, Hon. Benito Owusu-Bio was of the view that “with the road networks also progressing steadily, the core area should be completed soon when the roofs come up before the rains because with the roofing they can still be inside and working and that will really speed up the work here”.
He however called on the Urban Roads to present their drainage plan for the review of the ARIT to see how it integrates into the main plan to forestall any shortcomings and also avoid surprises in final work output.
He noted that although there is enough funds to complete phase one of the project, Ghanaians must remember there is a phase two of the project awaiting repairs and more funds will be needed to complete it thereby calling on Ghanaians to continue contributing and donating to the support fund.
The Chairman applauded the contractors for their efforts but urged them to invest more before the rains set in, adding that as the contractors of a model township, this could sweep in even better contract opportunities for them.
Breifing the Deputy Minister on the progress of work, Mr. Walter Semordzie, the Site Manager with the Project Consultants, AESL, said currently almost all building are at the Gable level awaiting roofing but promised that immediately the buildings are roofed, all other external works like plastering and painting will also begin concurrently which will help finish up the project in time.
Mr. Robert Gyamfi, a member of the ARIT and Manager for Stakeholder Communications and Community Engagement at FGR, a Mining company in Bogoso who has been engaging the people said, the initial impression of uncertainty by indigenes of Appiatse has changed since the roofing commenced.
He said the people of Appiatse are impressed and more calm about the turn out of the reconstruction and waiting in ernest expectation of the final completion.
