Madina bad road demonstration rescheduled to October 25

The earlier agreed date for the intended demonstration over several bad roads in the Madina enclave has been rescheduled to next week Monday, October 25, 2021 – Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency, Francis Xavier-Sosu has served public notice.

According to him, the new date was arrived as a result of police inability to provide security for the demonstration during the initial date of October 18, 2021.

The police said the protest must be deferred to a later date due to the upcoming Ghana School of Law students’ demonstration and the Regional tour by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

“I refer to your letter dated 11 October 2021, your notice of public protest and demonstration in accordance with Section [1] of the Public Order Act, 1994 [Act491]. We humbly wish you re-schedule your intended public protest to Monday 25th October 2021 to enable us to provide you with maximum security”, the police said in a statement.

In a separate memo, the MP acknowledged the concerns raised by the police and promised to act accordingly.

“I wish to thank you for your desire to provide adequate security for our intended protest and demonstration. I duly take note of concerns raised during our meeting and the concerns raised in your letter with respect to the upcoming Ghana Law Students Demonstration and Regional Tour by the President of the Republic of Ghana.”

It added, “Being committed to the cause of the Law Students and also hopeful that the President’s tour will take him through some of the bad roads in Madina for him not to be surprised at our upcoming demonstration, I advise the Chiefs and Elders and people of Ayi Mensah, Kweiman, Danfa, Adoteiman, Otinbi and Amrahia to reschedule the demonstration.”

Meanwhile, Mr. Xavier-Sosu says all previous arrangements, time, venue, and routes remain the same.

“Accordingly, our intended demonstration is rescheduled to Monday, 25th October, 2021. All other previous arrangements as to time, venue and route remain the same”

The MP had emphasized that the demonstration in the constituency was to bring the government’s attention to the poor nature of the road network in the communities and how dire the situation was having a toll on community life.

He said, residents and motorists, have had to deal with the situation for years and cannot fathom why the constituency has been left out of benefitting from a fair share of national development.

For him, the protest will drum home their demands and compel the government to quickly step in.

Whenever there is a downpour, parts of the Madina constituency continue to flood due to clogged drains, roads become unmotorable and in some cases, residents have to suffer long hours of traffic gridlock.