{"id":328271,"date":"2017-06-14T11:17:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T11:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=328271"},"modified":"2017-06-14T11:17:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T11:17:12","slug":"battor-residents-demonstrate-over-bad-roads-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/battor-residents-demonstrate-over-bad-roads-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Battor residents demonstrate over bad roads [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Battor, the capital of the North Tongu District in the Volta Region, hit the streets today [Wednesday] to protest and demand the construction of roads in the area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328276 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bator-bad-roads-6.jpg\" alt=\"bator-bad-roads-6\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Residents say the roads are in a deplorable state and become unmotorable after heavy rains.\u00a0They say the situation is affecting education and businesses in the area.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328278 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bator-bad-roads-8.jpg\" alt=\"bator-bad-roads-8\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media during the demonstration, Convener of the Concerned Youth of Battor [the\u00a0group that led the demonstration] Amegbanu Wisdom, said motorist, as well as commuters, struggle to ply the roads, especially during the rainy season.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328280 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bator-bad-roads-1.jpg\" alt=\"bator-bad-roads-1\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we have taken a bold step towards becoming active citizens of this town of ours. Battor township link roads have become so bad over the years that commuters, students and workers find it difficult to use them for their daily activities especially when it rains. The few cases of heavy rains this year have rendered the roads worse, if not unmotorable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328279 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bator-bad-roads-9.jpg\" alt=\"bator-bad-roads-9\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He lamented that several efforts to get the District Assembly to fix the roads had also proved futile.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328272 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bator-bad-roads-2.jpg\" alt=\"bator-bad-roads-2\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe district assembly has over the years turned a blind eye on the deteriorating situation at Bator where its headquarters is situated. On 5<sup>th<\/sup> May 2017, the Concerned Youth of Battor wrote to the district assembly to as a matter of urgency to fix the roads because pupils could not go to school as a result of bad link roads. Children could easily get drowned in ponds that have developed on the main road leading to the Battor Senior high school and other schools in the area. The situation is affecting businesses in the town as guest houses located in these areas are losing customers due to the nature of the roads. Meanwhile, Battor generates the highest revenue for the assembly and the assembly could easily construct the roads,\u201d Amegbanu Wisdom added.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328275 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bator-bad-roads-5.jpg\" alt=\"bator-bad-roads-5\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Amegbanu also said efforts to petition the Member of Parliament of the area, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa and the Paramount Chief to intervene have also not yielded any positive results.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328273 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bator-bad-roads-3.jpg\" alt=\"bator-bad-roads-3\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The group is however calling on authorities to as a matter of urgency step in to quickly resolve their grievances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: King Norbert Akpablie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Battor, the capital of the North Tongu District in the Volta Region, hit the streets today [Wednesday] to protest and demand the construction of roads in the area. 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