Tatale chief appeals for tarring of roads to make area accessible
The chiefs and people of Tatale Traditional Area in the Northern Region have appealed to the government to tar the Yendi-Zabzugu-Tatale road to enable farmers in the area to transport their foodstuffs to urban centres.
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The 70-kilometre road is deteriorated which makes it difficult for vehicles to travel on, in addition to the route becoming impassable and a death trap, especially during the rainy season.
The people of the Tatale/Sanguli District are predominantly farmers who produce large quantities of food crops, including yams, but due to the bad nature of the roads in the area, they find it difficult to cart their produce to market centres.
Appeal
The Paramount Chief of Tatale Traditional Area, Obore Gariba Yankosor II, made the appeal during a meeting with chiefs and people in the area at his palace at Tatale, the capital town of the Tatale/Sanguli District.
Obore Yankosor said apart from producing foodstuffs, the area also generated revenue to the state through its borders with Togo, Benin and Nigeria.
For instance, he said a lot of traders plied the Ghana and Togo border at Nachemba in the district.
Lack of culverts
According to the paramount chief, most of the vehicles that ply the roads mostly break down, while others get stuck in the gaping potholes on the roads. There are also lack of culverts and bridges on streams across the road, leading to its fast deterioration.
Obore Yankosor, therefore, appealed to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to consider their plea and expedite action on tarring the road as this year’s rainy season set in.
‘Planting for Food and Jobs’
The chief further claimed that the current nature of roads in the area could make it difficult for the government to achieve its objective of improving on the lot of farmers through its flagship farmers’ initiative, ‘Planting for Food and Jobs.’
“It is unfortunate that most of the foodstuffs get rotten during the rainy season and with the Planting for Food and Jobs programme, there is the need for the government to tar the roads, since farmers would be increasing their acreage to produce more foodstuffs,” the chief further stated.
