Hon Alhassan Tampuli, the Member of Parliament for Gushegu in the northern region has lash out critics of the recently inaugurated Na Gbewa interchange in Tamale.
Some critics of the Akufo-Addo led New Patriotic Party administration have said the monumental edifice, first of its kind in the northern part of Ghana, is not an interchange but a flyover.
Even before the completion of the project, there has been an argument especially from the quarters of the opposition National Democratic Congress that the road infrastructure cannot be described as an interchange comparing it to the Mahama constructed circle interchange.
A Civil Engineer, Abdulai Mahama, also recently claimed that the edifice is a flyover, explaining an interchange must offer an opportunity for road users to switch roads and reiterated the infrastructure in Tamale could not be classified as an interchange because road users can only drive on top of it.
But, the Gushegu MP in viral video was seen on top of the facility with his brother and colleague MP from Karaga, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam dishing out the cynics of the NPP government.
He said in the local dialect, “This is the Tamale interchange; whether interchange, flyover, we accept it. We call it interchange and they can also call it whatever. And the flyover is the first of its kind in Tamale, northern region and the entire northern enclave and we thank President Nana Akufo-Addo”.
Meanwhile, the project is 1.1 kilometer bridge and ramps with drainage facilities and the erection of streetlights along the stretch and a 10km of Asphaltic Overlay around the interchange.
It is a stressed free concrete interchange (bridge) with very few joints to enhance driving comfort.
