More demonstrations until our roads are fixed – Tarkwa Nsuaem residents declare

The residents of Tarkwa Nsuaem Municipality in the Western region have threatened to embark on another massive demonstration in protest of the poor state of their roads, ABC News Ghana can report.

Residents of the Municipality are to begin a series of demonstrations following the expiration of an ultimatum they gave to government over the fixing of their roads.

The May 2 ultimatum was given during an earlier demonstration on April 10 where protesters blocked road access and burnt car tyres as they registered their displeasure with government.

Community members clad in red chanted war songs as their procession patrolled the streets of Tarkwa. Police officers deployed to calm situations clashed with the protesters who pelted them with stones. A mother and her son were hit by stray bullets.

Speaking to reporters on their impending demonstration, one of the organizers revealed that their next demonstration is going to be massive since nothing has been done to fix their roads after their initial demonstration.

The new set of demonstrations will feature 10 additional communities, one community member said to newsmen.

“Our ultimatum elapsed this 2nd of May, today we want the leaders to understand that since our last demonstration, nothing has been done about the roads. We are still battling with dust here. So this time we are planning the demonstration again. The previous one, we used only four (4) communities, but this time we are organizing more than ten (10) communities to embark on this demonstration” he stated.

He added, "although officials made us understand that demonstrations do not fix roads, as for us, we will continue to embark on series of demonstrations until they fix our roads.”