The Tema Motorway is dark because of theft and damage committed by unidentified criminals, according to the Ministry of Roads and Highways.
In an update on the status of Tema road construction and the repair of the Motorway, Nasir Ahmad Yartey, the head of Public Relations at the Roads Ministry, told Bernard Avle on the Citi Breakfast Show on Citi FM that the Ministry had repaired the streetlights six times in a row, only to discover that they had been vandalized each time.
Ahmad Yartey urged people to remain watchful in order to prevent theft and destruction to the lamps.
What he said:
“Authorities have some responsibilities and citizens also bear the biggest part of the responsibility to protect state properties because, more often than not, we have had the occasion to replace streetlights on the Motorway more than six different times.
“We procure, they install, and within a period of three to six months, they are gone. People have made it their business to always vandalise streetlights and traffic lights and it is a big challenge as to how to stop it.
“Within the twinkle of an eye, almost all the streetlights are gone. People run into them and whenever we restore the streetlights, the components are stolen overnight and it is a challenge as to how to safeguard these streetlights for the benefit of all of us and so we must educate one another to protect this infrastructure.”
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