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Bolgatanga Central MP’s School Projects Stalled Months After Promised Handover, A1 Radio Finds
Renovation at Bolgatanga Experimental Primary has stalled and a new classroom block at Tindonsobilgo is still locked, A1 Radio reports.
Two school projects in the Bolgatanga Central constituency that the area’s MP, Isaac Adongo, promised to complete months ago remain unfinished or unused, an investigation by A1 Radio in Bolgatanga has found.
According to the station, renovation of the Bolgatanga Experimental Primary School has stalled for more than five months, while a new three-unit classroom block at Tindonsobilgo is still locked, even though nursery pupils were due to move into it in September.
Experimental Primary: no work since May
Renovation of Experimental Primary, one of the oldest basic schools in the municipality, began in April 2026. During an inspection on May 2, Mr Adongo said engineers had found additional defects that needed fixing, and the contractor said the work would be finished by May 10. The MP announced a handover for May 20.
When A1 Radio returned this month, no workers were on site. School authorities said work had not resumed in more than five months, and electrical installations and some external works were incomplete. A request by the headteacher to add the school’s toilet facility to the works also appears unresolved, the station reports.
Tindonsobilgo: new block locked
At Tindonsobilgo, nursery pupils and their teachers are still using an old building with cracked walls and loose roofing sheets, which residents describe as unsafe. The new, furnished classroom block remains locked. A fence wall that residents requested because the site is close to a busy road has not been built, and a kitchen for the school feeding programme still has no roof, according to A1 Radio.
A teacher told the station that staff fear for the children whenever strong winds blow, and a parent said families had expected their children to be in safe classrooms by September.
No explanation yet
A1 Radio said Mr Adongo and his spokesperson had not responded to its requests for comment by the time it filed its report, and that the contractors could not be reached. The reasons for the delays are not known. TheSavannaOnline will update this story if the MP’s office responds.
Separately, Mr Adongo is currently funding the desilting of Vea irrigation canals to restore water to dry-season farmers in the constituency.
Source: A1 Radio — https://www.a1radioonline.com/84791/five-months-after-promised-handover-isaac-adongos-school-projects-remain-unfinished/index.html
