Concerned residents of Kpone in the Greater Accra Region are protesting over the deplorable state of their roads, which have been neglected for years.
The demonstrators, including those from Community 25, Prampram, Dawhenya, Devtraco, and nearby areas, have expressed their dissatisfaction with the poor road conditions that have been impacting their lives and businesses.
The construction of the 17-kilometre Kpone-Dawhenya road, which began with a groundbreaking ceremony four years ago, has been abandoned, with no indication that contractors will return to the site.
The group says the terrible state of the Kpone to Dawhenya road is hurting their businesses, health, and mental well-being.
In an interview with Channel One News, the lead organizer of the protest, Frana Abay-Wuni, asked the Minister for Roads and Highways to explain why construction stopped and called for immediate action to fix the problem.
“The demonstration came about because four years ago, the president cut a sod here to commence the road. We were told that it was 17 kilometres. Thus, from the Kpone roundabout all the way to the stretch of Central University and beyond.
“But four years after we realized that the job had come to a halt. The contractors are not any more on-site. They come from time to time and do like patching and that’s it. We are not getting any information from them and we are really suffering. Our lives are in danger because we spend so much time sitting in traffic to and through.”
“I wish you could experience it here where you can sit in traffic if you are lucky about three hours just to get out and another three hours to come. Children are, I mean, they are sleeping in the vehicle to go to school.
They are sleeping in class and so on. And unfortunately, one of the former MPs who lives in the community 25 here, passed on because they were trying to rush her to the hospital and there was no way they could go through the traffic. And some of these things have been our frustration.”
The residents have threatened to stage several protests if their demands are not met.
