{"id":240128,"date":"2016-08-17T14:47:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T14:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=240128"},"modified":"2016-08-17T14:47:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T14:47:24","slug":"no-road-no-vote-ho-residents-to-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/no-road-no-vote-ho-residents-to-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"No road, no vote &#8211; Ho residents to gov&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents from some communities in the Ho Municipality in the Volta Region, took to the streets Wednesday morning to demonstrate against government over bad roads and inadequate electricity.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters from Hodzo, Takla and Kpenoe, warned they would not be taking part in the December polls if government fails to\u00a0address their concerns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/4a68f374-86d0-420b-b416-51305d40e1e5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-240134\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/4a68f374-86d0-420b-b416-51305d40e1e5.jpg\" alt=\"demo\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The demonstration comes a week after some residents in the same municipality; mostly sympathizers of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), organized a walk to show their appreciation to President John Mahama\u2019s administration for development works in the municipality.<\/p>\n<p>One of the demonstrators spoke to <strong>Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Volta regional correspondent, King Norbert Akpablie, and echoed the frustration of the protesters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/47be1270-53c1-4fec-9192-1ff8e3d33b8d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-240133\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/47be1270-53c1-4fec-9192-1ff8e3d33b8d.jpg\" alt=\"demo\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He explained that \u201cwe are on the street because our road is very bad. The distance from Ho to Hodzo is a short distance, but because of the road, the drivers take GHc 5 cedis, GHc 7 and motorbikes take GHc 12.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleading on our MP to work on our road for us. Every week he brings different contractors but they have not done anything about the road up till now,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/c59137db-299a-4438-89fb-373299c80e36.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-240132\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/c59137db-299a-4438-89fb-373299c80e36.jpg\" alt=\"demo\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He also warned that they would not be voting if the road is not constructed saying, \u201cWe are pleading with the government to help us so that our road will be constructed before the vote if not, we will not be able to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ho MCE calls for calm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Ho Municipal Assembly, Fafa Adinyira, however called for calm saying the roads will be constructed soon.<\/p>\n<p>Without giving any timelines, she simply said, \u201cYour road will be done so just hold on\u2026 What I am saying and assuring is that, your road will be done so just relax. The road is going to be done. Nothing will stop it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow the hashtag <strong>#GhElections<\/strong> on Social Media for election related stories<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents from some communities in the Ho Municipality in the Volta Region, took to the streets Wednesday morning to demonstrate against government over bad roads and inadequate electricity. The protesters from Hodzo, Takla and Kpenoe, warned they would not be taking part in the December polls if government fails to\u00a0address their concerns. 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