11/02/2025
Mahama orders bridge construction at Asuokow Community to facilitate access to school
This was in response to a video clip that went viral on social media showing a schoolboy carrying another schoolboy on his back trying to cross a stream on a fallen tree to access school.
President John Dramani Mahama has ordered engineers within the Ghana Armed Forces to construct a bridge over a stream at Asuokow in the Lower West Akim Constituency of the Eastern Region to facilitate students’ movement to access school.
This was in response to a video clip that went viral on social media showing a schoolboy carrying another schoolboy on his back trying to cross a stream on a fallen tree to access school.
The president said they had identified the community, where young schoolchildren had to cross the water body to access school.
“Earlier today, the MP for Lower West Akim, Owen Kwame Frimpong, visited the Asuokow community and assured them the Eastern Regional Minister will also visit as we work to permanently and urgently resolve the challenge the people and the schoolchildren are confronted with,” the President said.
“Our quest to reset Ghana includes a determination to remove barriers to education and healthcare across the country.”
Source: GNA
