Residents of Jisonaayili and Gurugu community of the Sagnarigu Municipality in the Northern Region have expressed worry over the delay of fixing a major portion of Gurugu/ Jisonaayili road that has deteriorated for over decades now.
According to the residents, several pleas to get Sagnarigu Municipal Assembly authorities to fix the deteriorated portion of the stretch has fallen on deaf ears.
Some of the residents, who spoke to Diamondfmonline.com, said commuting on the road has become frightening and dangerous most especially during the rainy season.
The residents are unhappy with the management of the Sagnarigu Municipal Assembly and the government, for failing to help fix the road.
Assemblyman for Gurugu electoral area, Fuseini Dindoow in an interview with Diamondfmonline.com indicated that the bad nature of the road is causing unnecessary inconvenience to commuters and motorists who ply the road.
“I have exhausted all my efforts. My outfit has reached out to all the necessary authorities concerning the bad nature of this road but all have proven futile. The 2020 NPP parliamentary candidate for Sagnarigu constituency Madam Felicia Tetteh and Northern Development Authority (NDA) on March 27, awarded this road for construction. But that never happened because of a change of plan which the community members kicked against resulting to the project being halted”.
He thus calls on the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) and Member of Parliament (MP) of the area to be up and doing most especially regarding the road networking in the area.
It would be recall that, the 2020 NPP parliamentary candidate for Sagnarigu constituency, Madam Felicia Tetteh through the Northern Development Authority (NDA) Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Program on March 27, 2020, awarded the same road for rehabilitation.
Madam Felicia Tetteh, in her remarks on the ground breaking ceremony, stated, “we are on site today to hand over the project to a contractor. We are going to make sure we find a lasting solution to this problem. We are not going to deceive the people with gravel but we are here to tackle the root cause of this problem. We are not going to lie to the people. But we are here because we have the interest of the people at heart”.
“The people of Gurugu and Jisonaayili should sing with joy because what you want, the NPP government has done for you”.
However, the road is still unattended to.
Story By: Alhassan Yakubu |www.diamondfmonline.com |Ghana.
