Roads and Highways Minister, Kwasi Amoako Atta ordered the temporary measure for routine maintenance ahead of the Christmas.

[contextly_sidebar id=”Tc4WrfDhv5xbDBk9HhmVDnr9k0Du3UpS”]The Minister earlier in a Citi News interview posited that the two bridges were near collapse, hence the closure.

He estimated that the rehabilitation works would last for four weeks, and proposed that motorists should use the Eastern Corridor, Fufulso-Sawla and Central routes as alternatives.

Since the closure, motorists from the Sahel and Northern and Upper East Regions have been stranded at the bridges site due to the long hours they have to spend waiting to cross.

Passengers in long vehicles are compelled to get down and walk across the bridge to continue the journey in standby buses at the other end.

Commercial transport service providers including the VVIP, are compelled to use the Salaga-Makango Ferry through Yeji to connect to the southern part of the country.

Transporters of perishable farm produce to the south are in bad business because of the number of days they spend on the road.

They have therefore pleaded with government to fast track the rehabilitation works.

The two main bridges connect Ghana to neighboring countries including Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger and Togo.   The proper construction of the Daboya bridge along that of Buipe and Yapei, will begin in 2018.

According to the Minister Roads and Highways, each of the three new bridges is estimated at 25 million US dollars each.

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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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This is largely due to government’s failure to defray the accumulated feeding grants debt covering three academic terms.

[contextly_sidebar id=”AOoiM7nbPzc4pK6LJtqxeuuYDfu6CkzU”]Students of second cycle institutions in the Northern Region have been scheduled to resume their course work on January 5, 2017 following the Christmas break.

But their fate is hanging in the balance because the leadership of CHASS is threatening to temporarily shut down the schools.

They say they can no longer take care of the students’ well-being, hence the threat.

A frustrated Bursar of one of the schools in the Tamale Metropolis on condition of anonymity, said the students are being fed on credit as school management is avoiding creditors.

The unresolved feeding grants issue has always distorted the academic calendar of second cycle institutions in the three regions of the north, where the falling standard of education is high.

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By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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