Some residents of Gwagwalada Area Council, FCT, have appealed to the FCT Administration to provide more infrastructure to enhance the livelihood of community dwellers.

The residents made the appeal in separate interviews with journalists on Saturday in Gwagwalada, FCT.

They said the FCT Administration should pay more attention to the development of rural areas in areas of healthcare system, water, and education, among others.

Aisha Zubairu, a resident of Paiko Kore community, said although there was ongoing road construction by the FCT administration in the community, people are in dire need of potable water in the area.

She said that it was always difficult to get clean water, especially during the dry season, as most people in the community rely on water vendors (mai ruwa) for daily supplies.

“Clean water is one of our biggest challenges in this community; we depend on Mai ruwa or rivers.

“During the dry season, even the rivers which are not clean will dry up, and the few boreholes we depend on are not sufficient; this makes life difficult in the community.

“We are begging the FCT administration to look into extending the water board to this community since there is a water board in Gwagwalada”, she pleaded.

Stanley Adakole, a businessman, said the ongoing road construction in Gwagwalada was not noticeable since there were a lot of bad roads in the council that needed urgent intervention.

Mr Adakole said Gwagwalada has bad roads, adding that the government should pay more attention to infrastructure development in the area councils.

“Constructing just one road will not make any significant change regarding how deplorable the roads in Gwagwalada are.

“Take, for instance, the Gwagwalada market road, which has been under construction for years.

“Now that we are in the rainy season, the road is not passable; people take alternative routes to access the market.

”The FCT administration should go beyond rehabilitating one road and do more”, he said.

Eunice Adewale, a tailor, said the health sector should be put into consideration as facilities in most government hospitals were no longer functional.

“Government hospital such as University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH) needs state of the art facility being the only teaching hospital in the territory.

“But it is not so. Most of the time, when you go there, you hear things like no bed space, the X-ray machine not working, no doctor, and many others.

“They need to perform better, government should put those in the lower class into consideration because we are also citizens of Nigeria”, he said.

(NAN)