Poor maintenance culture in Ghana especially on public house facilities has resulted in many of such projects being left in a deplorable state.
Such a situation continues to thwart the government’s efforts to improve infrastructure across all sectors of the economy for development.
A teachers’ bungalow at Bale in the Bole District of the Savannah Region has been left to rot away while teachers posted to the community struggle for accommodation.
The teachers’ bungalow was constructed by the government to help attract teachers to the community.
Yagbon News gathered that since its construction, the facility has not seen any form of renovation or whatsoever by the District Assembly to help maintain and put the facility into shape.
The facility is therefore in total ruins.
Equally disturbing is the bad nature of portions of the only Junior High School School block.
Deep cracks are now visible as soon as one enters some of the classrooms.
Mr David Kawuro Kwesi, a former Assemblyman of the area in an interview with Yagbon News said the facility since its construction has not seen any form of maintenance.
According to the former Assemblyman for the area, David Kwesi, the situation is not promoting effective teaching and learning, as teachers now have to commute over long distances from other towns to teach.
He has therefore called on the concerned authorities and the Bole District Assembly to take urgent steps in restoring the deteriorated bungalow.
Governments over the years have made efforts through public and private interventions to improve the country’s infrastructure, especially in the housing sector.
However, the poor maintenance culture often leads to a situation where such projects deplete rather than seeing an improvement in quantity because little or no effort is made to keep them in good shape and extend their period of use.
For Ghana to make headway in its sustainable housing policy, attention should also be given to an effective maintenance culture.
Source: yagbonradioonline
