Residents Of Aflao Protest Over Poor Roads

Residents of Aflao in the Ketu South municipality on the Tuesday, May 11, 2021 hit the streets in protest against poor roads in the area and according to them, promises made by the government to fix the roads and especially those leading to the Diamond Cement Factory are yet to materialize. The demonstrators all including motorcycle

riders, were all also clad in the red and black to register their disappointment amidst chanting and wielding of placards to communicate their grievances. Our road is not good. We have been asking the government to fix the road for some time now but nothing has changed. We’ve approached Diamond Cement factory, which is a

major factory here to help us fix the road, but they said they are paying so much in taxes to the government, so they can only do something if government stops taking taxes from them, one protestor said. Another also told the media that the President Akufo Addo and the Roads Minister were here not long ago and promised that they

are coming to construct this road and others in the Ketu South. We are just pleading that they should come and fix this road for us. There is a school here, a court here, nursing mothers, pregnant women all use this road. The court had to close down all because of the dust on the road. The MCE of the Ketu South, Eliot Agbenorwu who

also received the petition said it will be forwarded to the President for his attention. Demonstrations we all know are the legitimate actions by the citizens to drive home demands and I want to add my voice that I sympathize with you. I want to assure you that your petition is well-received, and it will be forwarded to the President. This is a special road because of the nature of vehicles and the trucks that use it, he also said.