Residents of Peace Town, a suburb of Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, who were hard hit by the recent floods are considering a demonstration to drum home their concerns.
The residents say they will soon hit the road and present a petition to the Ga South Municipal Chief Executive, Joseph Yarni Stephen. The residents made this known after assessing the impact of the floods in the community.
Last Wednesday’s downpour in Accra flooded some parts of Peace Town which cut off the community from Ngleshie Amanfro, thus making it difficult for residents including school children to cross to other side.
On the day, final year Junior High school students who could not afford missing the exams, risked their lives crossing to other side.
Residents complained that their roads are in a deplorable state while they also lack a proper bridge on River Jei, which separates them from Amanfro.
According to them, any time it rains heavily upstream, the river which takes its sources from Bawjiase and Agona Swedru, and enters the Weija lake overflows its banks, making it impossible for them to cross.
The residents say they started a self-help project to raise funds to construct a culvert and also graveled part of the road, but the flood has washed away everything.
Peace Town road construction was started seven years ago by the John Mahama administration, but the contractor has abandoned the work.
Under the President Akufo-Addo’s year of roads project, the MP for the area, Sylvester Tetteh, lobbied for the return of the contractor to site, leading to the start of one of the major bridges. However, that has also been put on hold temporarily due to the rains.