Contractors have started road construction works on town roads within Ekumfi Otuam in the Mfantseman District of the Central Region.

Residents of the area had, a few weeks back, held a demonstration over the terrible nature of the roads.

They had accused President John Mahama of going back on his promise, which he made during his 2012 election campaign, to tar their roads. They had also warned that they would not allow any politician to come to the area to campaign ahead of the November polls this year.

But Accra FM’s Central Regional correspondent, Ackom Ali, reported that contractors had started work on the road. A former chairman of the governing party in the Mfantsiman constituency, Kweku Nkrumah, speaking with Ali at the project site, said the construction of the road showed the president was a man of his word.

He said the president was fulfilling the pledge he made to the people of Otuam and that the project’s timing had nothing to do with the 2016 elections. He said the government was seeking funds for the project hence the late start.