Residents of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region have taken to the streets to protest poor road conditions, underdevelopment, and poor administration.
The protestors, dubbed ‘Sekondi-Takoradi Deserves Better,’ are upset about the status of local roads, underdevelopment, and inadequate leadership in the region.
Many of the demonstrators wore black and red clothing and held signs that read Takoradi Deserves Better, We Are Tired of Poor Leadership, and Fix Our Roads, among other things.
According to Samuel Gyimah, Convener of the Concerned Youth of Sekondi-Takoradi, the decision to go to the streets to voice their rage originates from the fact that Sekondi-Takoradi has been ignored for a long time.
“We are demonstrating because of the bad state of roads we have over here, hospitals, traffic lights are not working, streetlights are not working and the town is totally dark in the evening and nothing works over here.
“We want to go and ask our leaders if they are leading us to truth or they are just denying us of our rights.”
“We are demonstrating this morning because nothing works here and development is backsliding. The roads are terribly bad, unemployment is killing the youth and many things are not working.
“Leadership is not working so we have decided to speak and talk to leadership that we deserve better because many things that are used to develop the country come from the Western Region, of which Sekondi-Takoradi is the capital, yet our roads are bad and nothing works here,” Philip Fiifi Buckman, an aggrieved resident added.
