By Emmanuel Ekebe
LandlordS, landladies and residents of Okumagba Layout, Warri have cried to the Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Elder Sheriff Oborevwori to urgently come to their aid by fixing the grossly dilapidated roads within the premier layout in the oil city.
In the two-page Save our Soul (SoS) letter to the Delta State Governor, signed by Chief Williams Ebieroma JP, Chairman and Mr. Richard Okoro, Secretary on behalf of the residents, the deplorable roads in the area particularly in and around Enughe, Idiaregbe, Eduwaye, Mukoko, Ojugo, Urerhi and Osiobe Streets. Other affected Streets include Arieyene, Oyokomino, Akpatabi, Etero, Arisheri and Okotie all measuring about 4 kilometres are in dire need of rehabilitation.
The people, who lamented that though the densely populated layout was well planned and linked through Enughe Street, the major corridor on the axis to the busy Okumagba Avenue, Giwa Amu and Ugborikoko–Airport Roads, the area has become impassable to both human and vehicular traffic, especially, during raining season.
They stated further that the residents are thus perpetually traumatized and feel alienated from the rest of society as getting into and from their places of abode has become a nightmare that is better imagined than experienced.
To make matters worse, according to the letter, “socio-economic activities, in the area have been paralyzed as schools, hospitals, medical laboratories, churches, hotels and others are always completely shut down for days whenever it rains”. They stated further that “it is equally worrisome that even the Catholic Assumption Hospital along Idiaregbe road, where HIV and tuberculosis patients are treated free, is also adversely affected by this dilemma”.
