Poor Road Condition Hampers Economic Activities In Community

Poor road network had been blamed for the slow economic activities at Omerelu community in Ikwerre Local Government  Area.
Our correspondent gathered on Sunday that farmers now find it difficult to transport their products from their farms to the market due to poor road condition.
The major road (old Port Harcourt /Owerri road) is in the worst condition ever and has cut off parts of the community.
An opinion leader in the area, Mr Emeka Amadi Robinson, who spoke with newsmen last week said the development had forced some traders out of the community as they can not take their wares to the market.
He said that the road was worse each rainy season, hinting that most individuals have closed up the water channels near their homes that help to drain rain-water off the road.
Robinson, noted that if urgent steps were not taken, it might degenerate to a more serious situation.
The community leader, recalled that the community used to host many business merchants especially from the Eastern part of the country when the roads were good, but that they have all relocated to neighbouring communities due to poor business climate occasioned by the bad roads.
The Tide learnt that most shops in the area now go for as low as N1,500 per month as against the N2,500 per month some years back.