The newly appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has paid a working visit to the Tema-Kpone Industrial enclave which hosts a number of petroleum products facilities to assess the state of road network in the area.
He was in the company of the Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, Stephen Pambin Jalulah, and Director of Urban Roads, Abass Awolu.
The visit follows a promise by Dr Mustapha Hamid to pay a working visit to the area when a delegation by the Chairman of Ghana National Tanker Drivers’ Association, Mr George Nyanu, and Chairman of LPG Tanker Drivers’ Association, Shafiu Mohammed, called on him to welcome him to the downstream petroleum sector.
The delegation raised concerns about the deplorable state of the road network within the Tema industrial enclave which hosts petroleum installation during a meeting held at the office of the National Petroleum Authority on Friday, July 23, 2021.
The state of the road network between the Tema Oil Refinery and Sunon Asogli Power Ghana Limited junction had been in deplorable state without attention by successive governments.
In August 2020, Ghana’s Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako Atta cut the sod for the construction of road. However, eleven months after the sod cutting, there has been no show on the road.
In an interview with some drivers and managers of the Tank Farm in the area, they expressed disappointment in the government for failing to fix the road despite the huge tax revenues generated from the area.
In a post on NPA’s Facebook sighted by energynewsafrica com, it said the Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, Stephen Pambin Jalulah, while addressing the gathering, stated that work on the 5.4km VALCO-T.O.R-Kpone stretch will soon commence.
“As an interim measure to mitigate their plight, the Deputy Minister them assured that heavy equipment will be brought in by close of week to start work on the Tankers Park,” it said.
Throwing more light on the construction, Director of Urban Roads, Abass Awolu said the first 2km, which will be dualised, will be concrete given the heavy nature of the road while the remaining parts will be asphalted.
He said measures would be put in place to ensure the construction works would not inconvenience motorists.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
