Delegate meet with village chiefs and community
As the Bangem-Nguti road progresses, villages along the stretch of the road and in the hinterland are mobilizing to benefit from this project to facilitate their communication and access to the bigger towns of Bangem and Nguti.
It is against this backdrop that some elite in consultation with Minister, deputy secretary general at the Presidency Elung Paul clamoured for inroads into Bajoh villages.
According to Mr Ebwe Desoni, “Minister Elung Paul on hearing the plea of the Bajoh community for motorable village roads, dispatched the Delegate for public works and his team to evaluate the situation in the field and give feedback for action.
“ The delegate and his team have visited Our villages around Ekanjoh Bajoh. I have been monitoring and coordinating the situation to mobilize our communities to collaborate with the visiting team,” Ebwe Desoni told ECO OUTLOOK.
The villages visited by the team headed by the divisional delegate Mr Asus Renny,include Meudeme, Ekanjoh, Ebase and Deck Bajoh, where they met with the different chiefs and draw a road map on what has to done, he said.
Mr Ebwe Desoni ensuring coordination with the villagers in the field.
It should be noted that currently, no motorable road links Nguti Subdivision with the other two subdivisions, in particular the divisional headquarters, Bangem, a situation that compels inhabitants of Nguti Subdivision to travel across other divisions to access administrative services.
With the Bangem- Nguti road project advancing gradually, it is hope that these communities once enclave will in the near future have access motorable roads. Villages that are a bit far from the main Bangem-Nguti project road, are taking the opportunity of presence of construction materials to seek for help.
Talking about the imp impact of roads on the social and economic development of Kupe-Muanenguba Division, Ngede Metuge Samuel says;
There is no denying that the absence of roads also adversely impacts other sectors such as education (as teachers posted to schools in these areas loathe the eventuality of trekking, for example), health (no personnel even when a health centre is available, and cases of death are reported in the absence of healthcare), telecommunication (impossibility of staying in touch or keeping abreast of developments), or energy (continued dependence on kerosene lamps and generators in the absence of electricity).
“If we must go by the adage that “wherever a road passes development follows, ” Kupe-Muanenguba Division cannot lay claim to development. Yet, the division boasts a lot of resources which, if harnessed, should spur development following the establishment of a suitable asphalt road network,” he laments in one of his write ups.
