Residents of Mallam, situated along the ‘borla’ road within the Weija-Gbawe Municipality, took to the streets on Thursday in protest, demanding the asphaltation of the 1km road.
Approximately a hundred residents participated in the demonstration, escorted by police officers.
They brandished placards bearing messages urging authorities to address the road issue, with slogans such as “No road, no vote.”
Despite the observation by the news team of a pile of stones and coarse sand on the road shoulders, residents claimed it was merely a superficial attempt to appease them, rather than a genuine effort to resolve the problem.
Spokesperson for the group, Abel Tetteh, expressed disappointment in the lack of regard shown by local authorities and the failure of the Member of Parliament (MP) and assembly members to tackle the road issue.
Mr Tetteh questioned the government’s commitment to asphalting the roads, highlighting that other neighborhoods in Accra have received asphalt roads while they continue to wait for theirs.
Now, the residents are making a direct appeal to the government to intervene and provide the necessary assistance to improve their road conditions.
“It has happened, because these people do not respect us, first of all, they invited us, they didn’t come to us again. We want an asphalt [road] with a white line.
“The government said he’s doing asphalt everywhere. So where is ours? So we’re appealing to the government that he should come to our aid and come and do our road for us.
“We don’t want the MP to come again because the MP has failed us, and the assembly members too have failed us…we the residents concerned, residents of Bola Road, are tired of the road and the dust for 30 years now we are not okay with the dust.”