Nigeria: Poor Rural Road Networks Threaten FCT Communities

6 February 2013

People living in Igwa, Imi Machada, Shenagu and Shaga communities in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as well as the surrounding villages, said they find it very difficult to carry out daily activities, especially during the rainy season due to the deplorable state of the only road linking the villages with Zuba town.

Majority of the people living in the villages are farmers. And the absence of efficient farm-to-market road network has held back rural economic activities and denied the people including women and children access to health care services at the appropriate time.

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