Ga Kokrobite Chief, Nii Ofei III Announces To Lead Subjects To Stage Red Demo Over Poor Road
According to him, if they do not register their displeasure now and get the road from Kokrobite to Old barrier fixed, politicians would only pretend to get the road fixed because it is an election year.
Freeman Koryekpor 
The Gazetted Divisional Chief of Kokrobite under the Ngleshie Alata Traditional Area in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Nii Ofei III, has threatened to lead thousands of residents to hit the streets soon to protest against the bad nature of roads in the area.
According to him, if they do not register their displeasure now and get the road from Kokrobite to Old barrier fixed, politicians would only pretend to get the road fixed because it is an election year.
The chief bemoaned that Kokrobite has been neglected for far too long by successive governments aggravating the socio-economic disparities and poverty among the populace.
“We are not happy about how the government is treating us, especially about our road. The government will soon hear from us. We will demonstrate. I will lead my subjects,” Nii Ofei III stressed.
Addressing a press conference in Kokrobite, the Traditional ruler for Kokrobite threatened to lead his subjects to embark on a massive demonstration to register their displeasure about the bad state of roads in the area.
He has, therefore, given a one-month-ultimatum to the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo through the Ministry of Roads and Highways, Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr. Sylvester Tetteh and Ga South Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr. Joseph Nyarni to ensure that the poor road network from Kokrobitey to Old Barrier was fixed.
The chief complained about the stress on their economic activities as a result of their bad roads and have appealed to the government to repair them.
According to him, road in the area is full of potholes and this made drivers especially, commercial ones often try to dodge, putting the lives of pedestrians and passengers in danger.
Nii Ofei III noted that movement on the road was extremely difficult and dangerous especially as the road become muddy and slippery anytime it rains.
The chief noted that the bad nature of the road from Kokrobite to old barrier was affecting the smooth health delivery services to residents in the area , adding that it was more disheartening when they had health emergencies.
"We are making the series of the complains about the deplorable nature of our road to the state road networks regulatory institutions but they refused to fix the roads for us. I am using this platform to appeal to the government to fix the road before we vote for the 2024 general elections.
The chief reiterated the call on politicians and the Assembly to fulfil numerous promises made to fix the road in the area for them as it was distressing their lives and source of livelihood.
Speaking in an interview with journalist when he visited the Kokrobite, Stella Yaa Mensah, a fruit seller noted that her wares always got dirty and she had to wash them several times before she could attract buyers because of the dust from the road, and lamented that they inhaled the dust leading to most of them getting respiratory problems, especially flu.
Many artists, hoteliers and fisherfolk in the community also told the journalist that the deplorable state of roads in the area had rendered their businesses in distress as economic activities had slowed down because of the difficulty of their clients to access them.
Particularly for the hoteliers, they raised concerns that their hotels were not mostly patronized because of the bad roads, rendering most of the hotels in the community deserted.
They, however, indicated that while the use of motorcycles was high in the area, fares were mostly increased particularly for people transporting their wares.
“What bother us in this community are the bad roads and because of that drivers double the fares for us as their cars get faulty after a journey on the road. A few people use motorcycles because of the fear in using them,” Affoley Adotey, a fish monger complained.
She lamented that she and others most of the time ended up with stale fishes because they could not pay the fares to get their fishes to their customers, and this had made their customers resort to other fish mongers.
She noted that cars had to park when it rained heavily till it subsided before they could continue with their journeys.
“When it is raining heavily drivers have to park their cars and wait till it subsides, and we struggle to get to the hospital when there are health emergencies,” she said, adding that numerous skeletal promises had been made, she called on government to fix the roads to end their distress.
