Tuesday – 22nd September- 2026

The much talked about Big Push along the Wa-Tuna-Sawla Highway is being given the necessary big push to close the chapter on that road network.

There have been times when “beneficiaries” on the road mobilized themselves to demand from duty bearers what is due them by “shouting loud” enough to attract attention.

Indeed, they were not wrong in their approach to demand for what is theirs and what is meant to better their lots and to bring about improvement in their travel times when they shuttle on the road as commuters get stranded with long hours of travel time.

For instance it takes averagely between 15 to 21 hours to travel to Accra. Awesome, isn’t it?

First all we must congratulate our patriots from the Upper West Region who came out boldly to demand that the road be fixed; and in the end, “forcing” the road minister Governs Agbodza to “physicalize” himself on the road by issuing a stern warning to the contractors on the road and the need to finish the road ahead of schedule.

Indeed the visit of the road minister yielded the needed results, as works are steadily progressing as at press time.

There has been a circulation on the social media that only four (4) percent of work on the road has been done.

And that raised many eyebrows in askance.

But as we traversed the road and saw the progress of work being done there, and of course we have every reason to rejoice that there is light at the end of the tunnel as the saying goes.

It is something the Hausa man will say: “Fiiilliii fiillii gaaniii ganiii”(loud and clear) as works go on.

And if one stops to enquire about progress of work being done on the road one will get to know a lot beyond the ordinary man’s understanding.

Those managing the work say that if one looks at what is happening, it’s easy to discern that there are a lot of works going on.

For example the creation of culverts and the drainage system of the road network, which is a cynosure for those who care to know.

And one sees parts of the road being regraveled to smoothen out the road for easy movements.

And what particularly came out is that, for instance, in the rainy season these are the convenient aspects of the work to be done and the rest will follow when the weather by their own standards becomes ideal, they will then move on to do some other things to complete the job.

And so work is progressing steadily on the Wa Sawla aspects of the road and it is our prayer and demand that the Big push will be given the real push to the very end of it, so that the Upper West Region and the Savannah Regions will be better off to reduce travel time and to bring comfort to their commuters to the southern half of the country.

And that there would be that stoppage of “involuntary dance”, in a moving vehicles when traveling along the Bamboi-Bole-Sawla- Tuna and Wa road network and that the work will be done with the speed it deserves.

Big push, please come push us along!!!

By: Seydou Bhomanjo/GBC