Bad roads are a constant and recurring issue in many parts of Nigeria. Every campaign year, politicians wave the promise of building roads at the masses. After elections are done, the roads are either ignored, or the government makes a slipshod attempt at fixing them. Many people have lost loved ones and goods to accidents that would not have happened if the roads were in good condition, not to mention the numerous hours that are wasted in traffic jams caused by the poor state of the roads.
The roads in South-Eastern Nigeria, particularly the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, have deteriorated to an appalling state. After numerous horrible experiences travelling these roads, young Nigerians have taken to Twitter to demand better from the government, calling on the President and the South-Eastern Governors and Representatives to do something and do it now. Here are some tweets with the hashtag #FixSouthEastRoads:
#FixSouthEastRoads #WeDeserveBetter #FixOurRoads #EnuguOnitshaExpress #Nigeria #GiantOfAfrica #BadRoadsDeathTraps pic.twitter.com/V1hGodgPc8
— Click042 #Enugu (@click042) September 19, 2016
ABA – PH is dead.
ABIA-UYO is dead
ENU- OSHA is dead
All the airlines are packing up!
HOW DO WE TRADE?#FIXSOUTHEASTROADS— Knox (@moofasar) September 19, 2016
Distributors are scared of that route!
Tankers are flipping!
Foodstuffs are Decaying on the road!!
Drugs are not coming#FixSouthEastRoads— Knox (@moofasar) September 19, 2016
The most economically viable strech of road in the entire country has been reduced to this MUD PIT!
Damn! pic.twitter.com/GgNNslU5Yv— Knox (@moofasar) September 19, 2016
HOW WILL I COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS????
I CAN'T SWIM!#FixSouthEastRoads pic.twitter.com/zlNjBaQcJa— Knox (@moofasar) September 19, 2016
We also support this movement #FixSouthEastRoads pic.twitter.com/416w1rNQIr
— NazmineMedia (@NazmineMedia1) September 19, 2016
#FixSouthEastRoads T. Roosevelt -"Stand by the Country". The Country wants you dead, the country doesn't want you!!! How do u stand by her?
— Low-budget Lupita (@Ifenkili_Igbo) September 19, 2016
There is no flight route from Enugu – Anambra. You can't escape that majorly. #FixSouthEastRoads
— • Kantessi • (@Chichom_) September 19, 2016
We don't want "aids", we don't want freebies, we're able to function!! Do the damn roads and we can take it from there #FixSouthEastRoads
— Low-budget Lupita (@Ifenkili_Igbo) September 19, 2016
My first travel out of Enugu was 1996 through Enugu-Onitsha Express road.
20yrs later, it's a death trap. #FixSouthEastRoads pic.twitter.com/to7jg6nLfi
— #GetYourPVC (@edechiene) September 19, 2016
What’s your take on this issue? Join the conversation by leaving comments here, or using the hashtag #FixSouthEastRoads on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
