FCT community seeks Wike’s help on access road

Old Kutunku on Keida Road in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory is one of the communities that has been lacking basic social amenities like schools, healthcare facilities and most especially road infrastructure. This, has over the years, affected socio-economic activities of residents of the community. Abuja Metro reports that the community has […]

Old Kutunku on Keida Road in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory is one of the communities that has been lacking basic social amenities like schools, healthcare facilities and most especially road infrastructure.

This, has over the years, affected socio-economic activities of residents of the community.

Abuja Metro reports that the community has been in existence for over 30 years now.

With 547 registered houses and about two million population, the community plays host to farmers, traders, businessmen and women as well as civil servants among others.

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One essential amenity that is lacking in the community is the major access road to the community.

The five kilometres road, which is currently not motorable serves as a link between Keida and Lapai in Niger State.

Residents said they had not benefitted from the dividends of democracy.

A resident of the community, Reverend Simon Danjuma Kaura, said the deplorable condition of the major road in the community had resulted to various accidents with many sustaining series of injuries.

Retired Reverend Kaura appealed to the FCT minister to come to their aid.

A civil servant, Mr Patrick Oseiji, a business man, Mr James Ndachaba and a trader, Mrs Agnes Christopher, expressed concern over the poor condition of the road and called for urgent government’s intervention.

According to them, the road, when constructed, would boost economic activities and improve the wellbeing of residents of the community.

Also speaking, the chief of Keida Road, Phase Two, Bitrus Mohammed Baba, who said efforts had been made to reach out to the Gwagwalada Area Council Authority on their challenges, said apart from the problem of dilapidated roads, the community also lacked other social amenities such as schools, healthcare facilities and pipe borne water.

“We also don’t have health facilities in this community, even school we don’t have, but we have taken steps by informing Gwagwalada Area Council authority believing that the issue will be addressed but we thank the chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council, Alhaji Abu Giri for giving us solar powered street lights recently,” he stated.

Officials of the area council confirmed receiving complaints from the residents of the area.

An official of the works department in the council said their request had been forwarded to the council chairman.

He said the council would approach the Satellite Towns Development Department of the FCT Administration if necessary.