Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Village Road Fund Encouraged Council To Allocate FCFA 20 Million For The Project



The people of kejom ketinguh in Tubah SubDivision have decided to take the bull by its horns on the dilapidated state of roads in the village by creating a village road fund. This initiative to raise funds by indigenes of Kejom Ketinguh has encouraged the Mayor of Tubah, Martin Tanjong to increase Council allocation of FCFA 10 million to 20 million, for roads in Kejom Ketinguh. Mayor Tanjong has since his installation at the helm of Tubah Council has embarked on participatory approach to development.
According to Visas Christopher Banki, Chairman of the Kejom Ketinguh village council, his people decided on this road fund initiative as the last resort given the deaf ears of government to come to their rescue. The village located on the slope of Sabga hill is inhabited by mostly farmers and grassers with a soil rich in fertility noted for producing vegetable, onion, garlic, carrots, rice, leeks and cabbages in commercial quantities and supplying the entire country, has successfully written the name Tubah in the golden book of agriculture. He said. To him the people would only live better carrying out this income generating activities if good roads are made available to evacuate farm produce. Farmers now rely on the commercial motorbikes to evacuate farm produce on the rugged roads from interior to the main road for onward transportation to the various cities and countries.
On the part of the Council, some basic necessity such as classrooms, health centers, water and electricity have been made available to the people still the yearn for good roads stays paramount in their demands. The Mayor of Tubah on his maiden meet the people’s tour of his municipality lauded the people of Kejom Ketinguh for the wonderful initiative to abet the precarious road situation in the area. He raised the peoples’ hope by saying the council shall complement this effort to jointly tackle to road issue in 2016. The mayor visited all the projects realized in the municipality such as roads, constructed classroom, bridges, health centers, palace projects and nodded in satisfaction the work done this year. At each stop the people thanked the mayor and his team while asking for more.

By Ignatius Nji

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