Women protest over deplorable road in Delta

Not comfy with the deplorable information of their assemblage roadworthy and the deficiency of captious infrastructure successful the area, residents of Orhuwhorun assemblage successful Udu Local Government Area of Delta State person staged a peaceful protest.

The protesters, mostly women, marched done the assemblage carrying placards with inscriptions specified as, “Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, Remember Orhuwhorun-Owhrode,” “Fix the Orhuwhorun–Owhrode Access Road,” “The Orhuwhorun–Owhrode Road is Not Motorable,” and “Orhuwhorun–Owhrode Needs Government Attention.”

They called connected Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to urgently intervene successful the mediocre authorities of the road, which, according to them, has subjected residents to terrible hardship, accrued proscription costs, and hindered economical and societal activities wrong the surrounding communities.

Speaking during the protest, a High Chief from the community, Oghale Ighodakpo, emphasized that the protestation was aimed solely astatine drafting the government’s attraction to the plight of residents.

He said the prolonged neglect of the Orhuwhorun–Owhrode Road has continued to inflict economical hardship connected residents, traders and businesses operating wrong the country and neighbouring communities.

Ighodakpo urged the authorities authorities to prioritise the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the road, describing it arsenic captious to the socio-economic improvement of the area.