Residents of Dutse communities in Bwari Area Council of the FCT on Sunday called on the FCT Administration to fix bad roads that had become death traps in the area.

Some of them told journalists that the bad roads had slowed down businesses and increased the hardship of residents.

Adamu Bala, a commercial tricycle operator, said he took the daily risk of leaving his vehicle at Dutse Market instead of taking it to his house because the road had become impassable.

He lamented that this was apart from spending heavily on repairing the tricycle, as it regularly broke down on the bad road network in the area.

“With the current inflationary rate in the country, one cannot break even in business.

“I beg the Bwari Area Council to come to our aid and fix the roads. If this is the only thing it will do for us, we will be grateful,’’ he said.

Mr Bala also noted that the roads would soon become impassable with the onset of torrential rains if repairs were not carried out quickly.

Peter Abu, a commercial bus driver, shared Mr Bala’s views as he said roads in the area quickly wore out his tyres, making him replace them too often.

He called on the government to alleviate the people’s suffering and not to remain adamant about their plight.

He expressed regret at plying roads in the area and said he was incurring losses every day.

Another motorist, Charles Jonathan, said, “One ends up spending all his earnings to fix the vehicle because of bad roads.”

Other residents and business people in the area also expressed the same misgivings about the roads and pleaded with the government to repair them.

(NAN)