Government has secured funds for reconstruction of the Asikuma/Damako Road in the Volta Region.

The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr. Henry Ford Kamel, who disclosed this during an inspection tour of the damaged spots on the 28-klilometre Hohoe/Jasikan road, was optimistic that the reconstruction work when completed would shorten the travel time between the south and northern parts of the country.
  
In order to ensure speedy completion of the project, Mr. Kamel, said the new project would be awarded to a different contractor.

He appealed to the Ministry of Highways to consider giving first aid maintenance to the damaged portions of roads to enable farmers to cart their produce to marketing centres.
  
Mr. Kamel, the Member of Parliament for Buem, said Hohoe Hospital was the only referral health centre in the area and the bad nature of the road made it difficult for patients to be transported to the facility.
 
He therefore appealed to the Ministry of Highways to pay attention to the swampy areas of the road by re-engineering it.

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