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General News on Friday, May 3, 2019
Source: Ghananewsagency.org
2019-05-03
The locals burned tires to record their displeasure
On Friday morning, dozens of young people in Dawhenya blocked the road from Dawhenya to Afienya as they demonstrated to express their dissatisfaction with the neglect of the dilapidated road by successive governments.
The youths, dressed in red clothing and bands, burned tires on the road to prevent vehicles, especially dump trucks, from ringing the bell while they were singing, shouting and dancing for hours.
They carried signs, some saying "around a demo", "no way, no campaign", "dust kills us", "our future matters", among others.
The youth, visibly irritated by negligence, rushed to block the Aka-Aye inner road with the help of burning tires when they announced that the vehicles were making a detour.
Police officers from the Department of Transport, Traffic and Transport of the Ghana Police Department were on the road to ensure that the demonstration did not lead to a dead end on the Tema-Aflao road.
The young protesters remained steadfast in their campaign to prevent staff from the Ghana National Fire Service from extinguishing one of the rows of shots that had escaped.
However, they ran their lives thoroughly to the sound of tear gas.
Mr John Charway, Youth Development for Ningo-Prampram, told the media that he was proposing to the government a 14-day ultimatum to unlock funds to allow the entrepreneur to work on the road , knowing that the funds for the construction were blocked.
Mr. Charway said the deplorable nature of the road had resulted in the collapse of small and medium-sized businesses in the area, increasing unemployment and desperation.
He added that the dust on the road was killing residents and motorists as they contracted respiratory diseases while their vehicles frequently broke down.
According to him, the hazardous driving on the stretch in dump trucks left much to be desired since they were hitting children and causing accidents in their rushed and unmeasured desire to reach the Tema-Aflao main road.
He said that it was disturbing that the 2.2 km road could not be set by successive governments over the last 25 years, hence the need for them to demonstrate to record their dissatisfaction.
They called on the government to compensate residents whose homes were demolished to make way for the construction of the road, adding that if the government could not finance the construction of a two-lane road, it should at least plan a single, properly constructed road.
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