A demonstration is underway at the Ayi Mensah to Damfa Road, according to the residents their roads are in a deplorable state which makes the movement of cars very difficult.
The Reporter for Dadi FM, 101.1, speaking with Abena Pokuaa Ahwenee reported that the roads involved in the demonstration have been blocked by the residents as a way of communicating their grievances.
Some of the residents shared their views on the reasons why they organized the demonstration.
“We pay tax every day and the toll booth is even situated here. They take all this money from us yet they can’t fix our roads for us. Why then do we vote them into powers if they don’t fix it we will block the roads”, one resident lamented.
One of the leaders championing the demonstration also said that they’ve used several mechanisms to send their message across to the government yet they haven’t done anything to resolve the issue.
“We’ve tried to let them know the state of the roads here but they haven’t done anything to change the issue, hence our demonstration today”, he added.
Speaking in the same vein, the Vice-Chairperson for the Roads and Transport Committee, Hon. Alex Tetteh Djornubuah also explained that the government does not create a budget for roads from its coffers.
“There’s no government that can boast of budgeting for roads in the country, we mostly go for loans from western countries and sometimes the conditions attached to the loans discourage the government “, he added.
He encouraged that, organizing demonstrations are civil rights hence the residents should voice out whenever they feel unsatisfied in the country.
“Demonstration is their civil rights so there’s nothing wrong with it, whenever we feel things aren’t being done right we have to voice out”
He assured that the government is working towards fixing poor roads in the country, the process may seem slow but they will tackle it all.
“We have fixed most of the roads in the country but we know there are more and people have to understand that we can’t do it all at once but the government is on it”, he said.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Gladys Amoah Konadu
