UE WILL MEET MDGs ON ROADS
UE WILL MEET MDGs ON ROADS August 27, 2010 BY P. A WEDAM ISD-BOLGATANGA MUNICIPAL The Upper East regional minister, Mr. Mark Owen Woyongo has stated that government is poised to achieving the Millennium Development Goals in the road sector. In this regard, a number of contracts have been awarded for various works on roads in the Upper East region. The regional minister was speaking during the regional hosting of the meet-the-press series held in Bolgatanga. In a presentation dubbed the state of the Upper East region, Mr. Woyongo noted that over the past 20 months that National Democratic Congress assumed power, it has commenced and completed spot improvement works on 79 kilometres of road and reshaped 184 kilometres of feeder roads. A further reshaping of 125 kilometres of road and surfacing of 14.4 kilometres is on-going. Also, bitumen surfacing of town roads in the Bolgatanga municipality has started and is expected to be completed by October this year. F...