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Nigeria: Rain Worsens Road Condition in Jikwoyi
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Leadership (Abuja)
29 April 2008
Posted to the web 29 April 2008
The advent of this year's rain has brought anguish to the residents of Jikwoyi community, as most roads in the area are now in deplorable condition.
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"The roads in phase I, have become worse since the rain started. The deplorable condition of the roads before the advent of rains did not help matters, as most of the roads have now turned into death-traps", Chuka Oba, a resident of Phase I, lamented.
According to him, most car owners in the area now visit their mechanics on a weekly basis, because of the damage the bad roads have caused their vehicles.
At phases II, III and IV, the conditions of the roads are nothing to write home about. Most of the residents of those areas blamed the authorities of Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC, for not doing enough to arrest the worsening road situation in their areas.
According to them, there has never been a time roads in these phases are good enough, and the non-challant attitude of AMAC authorities to residents of Jikwoyi is pitiable.
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"We live in the back yard of Abuja. See what we are going through. Does this place look like a part of Abuja to you? But I tell you, the people in AMAC have been treating us unfairly. They neglect this place. There is no government presence here that one will look at and be proud of", said Chief Ojo Omoba, a community leader in the area.
The residents, however, appealed to FCTA authorities to, as a matter of urgency, come to their rescue, as floods could result from these rains and wash away their roads.
checks revealed that the road that leads to phase I, phase II, III and IV, are now unmotorable, as motorists find it difficult passing through these roads.
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