A traditional ruler, Nana Kwame Ampadu of Obo Kwahu, has appealed to mining companies to diversify their activities and move into road construction and agriculture to help reduce the cost of living in the country.
He said when the exploration for minerals was not supported with the construction of roads and agriculture, it could result in inflation in the country.
Nana Ampadu made the call when he assisted in the inauguration of a one-kilometre road linking Tantra Hill Junction to St John’s Grammar Senior High School Junction, which was undertaken by the Chief Executive Officer of Asona Mining Company, Mr Kwaku Asiedu Donkor.
Apart from the construction of the road, which has eased traffic congestion on the main Accra-Nsawam trunk road, the CEO had provided streets lights on the road to ward off criminals who use the area to plan their nefarious activities.
Mr Asiedu Donkor, for his part, appealed to the well-to-do in society not to always look up to the government to provide almost all the infrastructure when they could offer technical and financial assistance to the communities.
He explained that his first contribution to the metropolis was the provision of the streets lights and the construction of the link road but immediately after the construction of the road, the drivers dodging traffic jams had diverted their routes and had been speeding on the new road because of its good condition.
Mr Donkor said he had to spend more money to construct speed ramps to check the speeding and save the lives of schoolchildren, the aged and other pedestrians who use the road.
He said the cost of the road construction and erection of the street lights and the speed ramps amounted to GH ¢150,000 but that would not deter him from undertaking more development projects as his contribution towards the nation’s development.
Mr Donkor said his next contribution would be in the form of provision of water to help minimise the acute shortage of water that always hit the area, especially during the dry season.
The CEO appealed to Ghanaians who had the means not to hesitate to contribute their quota towards the development of the country now because that was the only way to move the country to a middle-income economy.
