Kobongbogboe Residents Lament Poor Road Network

 

Ismaeel Uthman

RESIDENTS of Kobongbogoe in Olorunda North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the State of Osun, have called the attention of the state and local government to the deplorable condition of the roads in the community. 

According to the residents who spoke under the aegis of Kajoyo Landlords Association, not a single road in the community could accommodate smooth drive, calling on the governments to come to their aid by fixing the roads. 

The listed worse of the roads as the major thoroughfare leading into Kobongbogoe from the Osogbo-Ikirun Expressway intersection, Irepodun Street, Aplac Hotel section, Kajoyo Oke Odo and Jagun area.

Accusing the state government of neglecting the community in provision of basic amenities, the residents said there was nothing that pointed to the presence of either the state or local government in their community.

Also, the residents lamented the absence of a public primary healthcare center in a territory that plays host to hundreds of families.

OSUN DEFENDER visited Kobongbogboe on Tuesday and noted that the roads were not motorable and were slippery. 

One of the residents of the community, Mr. Kazeem Badmus, said several letters have been written to the state and local governments for the construction of the main road to the area, stating that the government has not shown any sign of readiness to fix any of the roads.

According to Badmus, the state government has displayed high sense of insensitivity to the plight of the residents of the area, noting that the inhabitants of Kobongbogboe have not enjoyed dividends of democracy as far as provision of basic amenities is concerned. 

He said: “No roads in this Kobongbogboe is motorable; starting from the major road that enters the community. We have streets in this community that residents of those areas cannot take their vehicle home because there is no road. 

“We are suffering here; we don’t have stable electricity, Primary Health Centre (PHC) and road. We have not been enjoying government or dividend of democracy at all.”

A community leader, Chief Bola Akinrele, disclosed that road and primary health centre are the major needs of residents of the area. 

Akinrele pleaded with the state government to fix the deplorable roads and PHC. 

“What we have been demanding from government is to construct our roads and give us primary health centre. We have been on this matter for long; and it seems the government does not care about us – the people living in Kobongbogboe.

Some of us cannot take our vehicle home again because the networking roads have collapsed. This is shameful. We are in the state capital, not a remote area or village. They should be responsive to our plight.