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| Michael Zuri, Leader of youth group |
A youth group calling
itself ‘Concerned Citizens of
Nangodi-Yakote and Pelungu’ in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region
has petitioned the office of the Regional Coordinating Council through
the Nabdam District Assembly to expedite action on the road network linking the
three communities.
The Nangodi-Yakote- Pelungu stretch of road, the group
bemoaned has been in a deplorable state since 2007.
Presenting the petition,
the leader of the group, Michael Zuri described the condition of the road
linking the three communities as pathetic.
He said portions of the road have remained
a death trap, claiming the lives of innocent motorists that ply it. Moreover,
some bridges connecting the said communities are broken down while parts of the
road have been taken over by erosion.
Mr Zuri, lamented that the pace of
development in the area has been in limbo due to the bad nature of the road. He
therefore requested government to give
the road a since it road connects other business centres from Bawku, Zebilla, Nangodi to the Pelungu Market, which serves
as a commercial hub for the Nabdam district.
For his part, the former Presiding Member
of the Nabdam Assembly, Mr Francis Wongnaab said the Nangodi-Yakote Pelungu
road which connects the Kongo Senior High School has been tabled before the
assembly but the request had not received any favourable response.
He added
that though the MP for the area, Boniface Gambila, had engaged the department
of feeder roads on the matter; his engagement has been an exercise in futility.
On behalf of the group, Mr Wongnaab, re-echoed, the need for government to swiftly
intervene by repairing the damaged parts of the road, if the entire road
network cannot be fixed immediately to make it motorable for users.
The petition
was received on behalf of the assembly by the Deputy Coordinating Director, John
Muniru, for onward presentation to the Regional Minister for consideration.
In
a related development, residents of Dacheo, a suburban community in the
Bolgatanga Municipality have taken a swipe at politicians for their failure in
re-shaping the Dacheo-Kongo-Bolga road, which is a bad state.
The deplorable
nature of the road residents say has suddenly become a breeding ground for
robbery and other illegal activities such as the snatching of motorbikes.
Relatively,
one of community bridges that had been under construction since 2013 has been
abandoned with the excuse that the contractor in charge is nowhere to be found.
Naba Thomas Adongo Akaliga is the chief of Dacheo.
According to him, business
activities have stagnated because people no longer find it expedient to
transact business with the people due to the poor state of the road.
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