RESIDENTS LAMENT DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF IFITE-UNIZIK ROADS
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By Opara Mavis Chidimma
The raining season has increased the plights of students, motorists, and other residents of Ifite-Awka, Anambra State, as they on daily basis battle against the worsening condition of roads in the area.
Driving along the main road and other adjoining ones has become torturous as one of the motorists, James Ibe, recounted in an interview with Correspondent Mavis Opara.
According to him,
“the present condition of this road has really damaged my vehicle and it has made me spend a lot of money”
Some of the students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University and residents who live within the area, narrated how the deplorable state of the major road has affected their movement to school and work.
“I am now very mindful of what I wear. If you dress properly, you have yourself to blame. It is either the passing vehicle or tricycle splash water on you or you get stuck at some point on the road,” one of the residents, Chris Obi, regretted.
A student, Favour Ani, recalled with dismay that, “trekking on this road when it rains is very bad because it becomes muddy and most times I end up messing up my dress before I get to school”.
“I walk in the flooded and bad roads to school, and I ended up getting my dress wet, even if you call a motorcyclist to transport you, they will refuse because they are trying not to damage their motorcycles, noted another student, Grace Anthony.
Poorly constructed and blocked drainage system has been identified as a major threat to the main road which had been reconstructed by successive administrations.
This has been worsened by heaps of refuse which have taken over parts of the roads causing avoidable accidents at regular intervals.
A tricyclist, Ebuka Onyibueze, narrated how his tricycle rolled over with his passengers into the muddy portion of the road, a development which attracted insults from the passenger.
“It was difficult for me to convince the passenger it was not my fault we fell”, he explained.
Business owners within the area are not spared of the frustrations as recounted by one of them, Mr Okoro Chinedu.
“They charge too much money to transport my goods due to bad roads and it is really affecting my business”.
The respondents unanimously called on the government to reconstruct the road and ensure regular maintenance to ease the sufferings of residents commuters and pedestrians.
