A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen is of the view that but for Africa’s bad roads, politicians would have emulated their colleagues in the Western World.
He indicates that the lack of accessible roads is the reason why leaders in African countries resort to the use of big cars that consume fuel at the expense of the taxpayers
Nana Obiri Boahen was reacting to the busing of third-world leaders at the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
“When they are bused there is nothing wrong. Let me tell you, the Prime Minister of Sweden uses a bicycle, and Denmark’s Prime Minister uses a train. I believe that if the facilities were available here, a number of people in high office would have done the same,” he said on Accra-based OKAY FM.
He continued “for instance if we had trains that shuttle between Koforidua and Accra, MPs from that region would have stayed in their home regions and come to work. But because our roads are not good the time factor”.
Adding that “So if someone lives at Amasaman and works at Parliament house you see the time involved? So sometimes we must be fair to our leaders. What we have to do is to work at ensuring that we have accessible roads and we can emulate some of these things”.
