Otuoke residents urge Bayelsa to repair road

Residents of Otuoke in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has appealed to the state government to repair the Otuoke-Onuebum road that has been in a deplorable condition a long time ago.

The residents made the appeal in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Otuoke.

Mr. Ologi Damiete told NAN that the condition of the road had become worse since the last rainy season as vehicles now found it difficult to pass through. Damiete, a staff of the Federal University, Otuoke (FUO), appealed to the state government to come to the aid of the residents by fixing the road.

“The condition of this road has become worse since the flood that submerged the community and there has not been any preventive measure to forestall future occurrence.

“We are expecting the government to put necessary measures in place to guard against future occurrence. “Students of FUO have resumed for the new semester and they have been finding it difficult moving in and out of the community.

“I am calling on all the relevant authorities to look into the matter because it has become unbearable. Our vehicles have been damaged because of the road,” he said.

In addition, NAN reports that another resident, Mr. Oweifa Debekeme, urged the state government to work towards checking flooding in the state, pointing out that flood had destroyed many roads in the state.