The spokesperson to the Minister for Roads and Highways, Kojo Danquah, has clarified that Roads Minister Kwame Governs Agbodza did not accuse the church associated with Pastor Adom Kyei of blocking a road or preventing contractors from accessing a construction site.
Mr Danquah was responding to a publication headlined, “Adom Kyei and his church block the road and deny us access to construct the road – Road Minister Agbodza reacts,” which he described as factually inaccurate and a misrepresentation of the Minister’s remarks.
According to him, the claim that the church was blocking the road was made by the contractor and not the Minister.
He said the video of the Minister’s engagement with the contractor clearly shows Mr Agbodza directing the contractor to make access available for the church.
The Minister, he said, also instructed the contractor to provide an additional lane, fix the road leading to the church and urgently address the drainage situation.
Mr Danquah added that the Minister further directed the contractor to undertake an additional 600 metres of road works.
He therefore called for the headline of the publication to be corrected to accurately reflect the Minister’s comments.
“This is not a matter of interpretation. The video provides the evidence,” Mr Danquah said.
He stressed that misattributing statements to public officials could create a false impression of what transpired during the engagement.
