By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
Some residents, including members of the Concerned Youth of Sekondi-Takoradi of the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis in the Western Region, have hit the streets to protest over bad roads, underdevelopment, and bad governance.
The demonstrators say they are dissatisfied with the bad state of their roads, underdevelopment, and poor leadership in the region.
Many of the protesters were wearing black and red attire with placards with inscriptions like “Takoradi Deserves Better”, “We Are Tired of Poor Leadership”, and “Fix Our Bad Roads”, among others.
The demonstration, dubbed ‘Sekondi-Takoradi Deserves Better’, is to draw the attention of duty-bearers to come to their aid.
The Convener of the Concerned Youth of Sekondi-Takoradi, Mr. Samuel Gyimah, speaking in an interview, intimated that the decision to hit the streets to express their anger stems from the fact that Sekondi-Takoradi has been neglected for a long time.
“We are demonstrating because of the bad state of roads we have over here, hospitals, traffic lights are not working, streetlights are not working, the town is totally dark in the evening, and nothing works over here.
We want to go and ask our leaders if they are leading us to the truth or if they are just denying us our rights.
We are demonstrating this morning because nothing works here and development is backsliding. The roads are terribly bad, unemployment is killing the youth and many things are not working,” he noted.
Another protestor called on authorities to fix the deplorable roads.
“Leadership is not working, so we have decided to speak and tell leadership that we deserve better because many things that are used to develop the country come from the Western Region, of which Sekondi-Takoradi is the capital, yet our roads are bad and nothing works here,” Philip Fiifi Buckman, an aggrieved resident, added.
