Kenyasi Adwumamu residents demonstrate over poor roads

Residents of Kenyasi Adwumamu in the Kwabre East Municipality of the Ashanti Region on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, have protested against the deplorable nature of roads within the area.

The action, according to demonstrators was taken because they felt the government had neglected them for far too long.

They also complained that several assurances by their Member of Parliament, Honourable Francisca Oteng Mensah has yielded no positive results.

They further threatened to vote against their Member of Parliament and the New Patriotic Party government if nothing is done about their roads fixed.

Some of the demonstrators said, “Since 1992, we have consistently been voting the NPP into power but we have never benefited from the share of the national cake when the party ascend the thrown.”

“So all we are saying is that, if our roads are not fixed, there is no way we are going to vote for the NPP.

"We will either 'vote skirt and blouse' or boycott the elections totally. We need this road fixed immediately,” a protester said.

 “We have hit the street because we think that we’ve been neglected for too long. This community is just very close to Kenyasi, Fawoade but our road network is very bad. Our MP has been in power for eight years but we've witnessed no development in the community.

"Drivers even charge higher fares because of the bad nature of the road. They normally close immediately after 10 pm. We live in this community and have our properties here. We want development.”