Protesters demonstrating against bad roads in the Eastern Region have charged President Mahama to stop making promises and fix their roads.
The demonstrators who call themselves Mass Action for Development are lamenting the terrible road network not only hampers access to health facilities but makes them prone to robberies and other crimes.
Speaking to Joy News, leader of the group Ike Gyasi, said pregnant women in critical condition and other critically sick people who are transferred to the regional capital Koforidua risk losing their lives due to the deplorable state of the road.
He said several pregnant women have died while in the process of getting to a hospital in Koforidua.
According to him, all promises made to them by government – especially concerning fixing the Suhum – Nsawam road, Nsawam – Kitase and the Afram Plains roads have all not seen the light of day.
The group accused the Transport Minister of not living up to the mandate with which she was appointed and questioned what the ministry was using all the revenue accrued from road tolls for.
They are asking the President to stop making numerous promises he will not fulfill and rather pay attention to solving the problems that affect the citizenry.
A petition presented by the group was received by the Municipal Director, Eric Adomako after the Municipal Chief executive refused to accept the petition.
Last week, residents of Ho in the Volta Region staged a demonstration exercise over what they describe as Governments' neglect of their needs.
The group was protesting their displeasure over the state of roads in the Volta Region while accusing the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government as insensitive to their needs.
They outlined some roads in the region which included the eastern corridor roads that are in bad states and accused government of reneging on its promises to fix the roads in the region.
Source: Ghana | Myjoyonline.com |Naa Sakwaba Akwa
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