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Assin Akropong-Wurakese Residents Cries Over Deplorable Nature Of Road
The chiefs and people of Assin Akropong-Wurakese of the Assin Fosu Municipality in the central region have made a passionate appeal to the government through their renowned Member of Parliament (MP) Hon. Kennedy Ohene Agyapong to fix the road network in the area. According to them, the deplorable nature of the road network in the area making the people feel bitter and sometimes wonder if they were part of Ghana.
During a press conference organized by the Assin Akropong-Wurakese Youth Association, the youth leader, Mr Bismarck Owusu, said the people were fedup with failed promises by politicians and said if the road network was not fixed immediately, it would compiled the people to boycott the December elections.
The conference, which was attended by the entire traditional leaders in the above mentioned community to discuss the developmental challenges facing the community and how they could get attention from their MP to improve on their living conditions, one of the elders said, their community had over the years been benefited from their lawmaker, Hon Ken with some basic social amenities such as health facilities, electricity, potable water and others but have been neglected by motorable road, adding that the people were now fed up with excuses by the Municipal Assembly.
The Queen mother Obaahemaa Adwoa Korkoh on her part, said the bad nature of the road from Assin Borofoyeduru through to Akim Akenkansu to Akim Oda had been the cause of many avoidable deaths, especially of pregnant women, businessmen/women and aged who were unable to get a vehicle to attend to works.
speaking to the media, the Queen mother Obaahemaa Adwoa Korkoh said the road from Assin Borofoyeduru through the community to Oda was awarded to a contract and the contractor worked on it for some few days but the contractor had vacated from the site without knowing his whereabouts.
In fact, the residents, motorists and commuters in the above communities have continued to lament the deplorable state of their roads, causing them untold hardships everyday, said one of the elders.
"The deplorable nature of the road is having serious implications on our finances. We have to go to the repairs on a regular basis. Our vehicles are damaged on a daily basis. This is not a pothole but a pot well,” a driver said.
Speaking to some motorists and residents, they said if the rains continue in the coming days, these communities would eventually be cut off from the rest of Assin Fosu and Akim Oda. They added that they would not be surprised if commercial vehicles decide not to ply on the major roads in these communities.
Roads in the Assin Akropong-Wurakese enclave have become a subject of many demonstrations by residents who have constantly complained about the dangers the roads have posed to them over the years.
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