Abuja: Pegi residents decry deplorable roads, seek Wike’s intervention
Residents of the Pegi community in the Kuje area council in Abuja have called on the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, to address the deplorable roads in their community.
The residents made the call in separate interviews in Abuja on Wednesday.
They said the current situation had worsened insecurity and made life difficult for the residents.
Ale Alfred, a civil servant and a resident of Pegi, said that the bad road was seriously aiding the activities of criminals in the community.
“We have been experiencing a lot of kidnapping and robbery incidents as a result of this bad road. Just last week, there was an incident where two women were killed. It was between a truck carrying loads and the two women walking on the road.
“We have been suffering from this in the last 14 years, during the period of Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai`s tenure as the FCT minister,’’ he said.
Mr Alfred said this was after the demolition of Karimu, and people were relocated to the Pegi community.
“I am appealing to the FCT minster Wike to fix the roads in Pegi community to make life easy for residents and non-residents,” he added.
Omolola Asiwaju, a businesswoman, said that traders find it difficult to move their things from the market to their stores because of bad roads.
According to her, traders bear the brunt because they incur more losses due to perishable goods.
“Coming from the market, my goods spilt on the road, and sometimes I end up having broken items I eat because I can’t sell them to my customers.
“Because of the bad road, I even pay extra transport (fare) to carry my goods to the market to avoid them being damaged,’’ she said.
Ms Asiwaju said many residents have relocated from the community because of the deplorable roads.
Michael Peters, a civil servant and resident of Pegi, said many people sustain injuries from motorcycle accidents due to the bad roads.
He urged the government to build a drainage system to divert erosion from the road.
“Government should fix the roads to lessen the hardship and sufferings of the Pegi residents,“ he said.
(NAN)
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