According to a 70 year old native of Sogakope in a telephone interview, he said the River Volta, the largest man-made river in Ghana, has lost its beauty because the pillars of the bridge, built by the first president of Ghana, and the longest bridge as well has little space in them as result making unwanted materials such as the weeds difficult to flow on top.

On the contrary, Mr. Mensa, a fisherman, who spends much of his time at the river bank, believes it's spiritual. Speaking to Mr. Mensa in an interview, he said the weeds which are locally known as "Ako" in between the pillars of the bridge symbolizes a cloth of a strange god that has come to settled there. Interestingly, he added that this strange god is from a different region and has come to settle there because, the people of the town has broken a taboo. Also aside the weeds, under this bridge were full of dirt and unkempt.