{"id":323339,"date":"2017-05-30T06:21:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T06:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=323339"},"modified":"2017-05-30T06:21:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-30T06:21:17","slug":"angry-ablekuma-drivers-protest-over-bad-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/angry-ablekuma-drivers-protest-over-bad-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Angry Ablekuma drivers protest over bad road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Commercial drivers within Ablekuma Manhyia, Oduma and Nsakina in the Greater Accra Region, on Monday took to the streets to protest against the bad nature of their roads.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323344 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ablekuma-road-protestors-5.jpg\" alt=\"ablekuma-road-protestors-5\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Some of the drivers in the course of the protest blocked the main road linking those areas claiming that it had been in a deplorable state for close to ten years now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323340 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ablekuma-road-protestors-1.jpg\" alt=\"ablekuma-road-protestors-1\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The aggrieved drivers burnt tyres on the road and prevented workers and students from plying the route.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323341 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ablekuma-road-protestors-2.jpg\" alt=\"ablekuma-road-protestors-2\" width=\"607\" height=\"410\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Chanting \u201cwe want roads,\u201d the commercial drivers claimed that the road has destroyed their vehicles and they are compelled to spend huge sums of money in fixing them every day.<\/p>\n<p>One of the drivers told<strong> Citi News<\/strong> that \u201cwe spend between GHc50 and GHc200 every day to fix our vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323343 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ablekuma-road-protestors-4.jpg\" alt=\"ablekuma-road-protestors-4\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A lady resident who also joined the protesters claimed that she lost her three-month-old pregnancy while plying the road.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI lost a three-month old pregnancy because of this road. If you want to confirm it, we can go to the police hospital and I can show you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323345 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ablekuma-road-protestors-6.jpg\" alt=\"ablekuma-road-protestors-6\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are appealing those who are supposed to construct the road for us that if the contract is awarded they should come on site and do the work; but if it\u2019s not been awarded then we are pleading with the government to award it immediately. All that we are demanding for is to get good roads,\u201d another driver added.<\/p>\n<p>There have been several of such complaints in most areas across the country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323348 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/bad-road-at-ablekuma.jpg\" alt=\"bad-road-at-ablekuma\" width=\"768\" height=\"473\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, police officers have been deployed to the place to ensure law and order.<\/p>\n<p>The drivers and residents have been asked to put off the fire and open the road for motorists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey &amp; Philip Nii Lartey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commercial drivers within Ablekuma Manhyia, Oduma and Nsakina in the Greater Accra Region, on Monday took to the streets to protest against the bad nature of their roads. 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