The people of Oguname- Agbarho community in Ughelli North local government area of Delta have appealed to Delta State Government to construct Oguname -Agbarho -Ekrerhavwe Road .
The people through the President of Oguname- Agbarho community, Mr Godday Owhokevwo who made the appeal insisted that their community has so much to contribute to the growth and development of the State as soon as they can easily evacuate their farm produce.
According to the President of the community Mr Godday Owhokevwo from the point popularly called five junction in Agbarho to Ekrerhavwe community is less than 10 kilometers and the
road sweeps through several communities such as Ughwrughelli, Ophori, Oguname and Ekrerhavwe all in Ughelli North local government area. But the journey that should take about ten minutes often lasts about an hour.
While the people are happy with the News of development by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori in other places, the issue bothering them is when will their own road be done? President of Oguname- Agbarho Community, Mr Owhokevwo said their road is difficult to ply particularly during the rainy season.
Oguname, he insists has the capacity of producing foodstuff to feed Agbarho and neighbouring communities but complained that the poor State of the road has made evacuating their produce a major challenge.
The poor State of the road according to him is stalling their development.
The President said the secondary school in the community could have gone into extinction but for the magnanimity of Olorogun Godwin Aghofure the chairman of G.Aghofure Motors who has been maintaining the road for years now and provides free buses to convey students and teachers to schools in the community.
The President said while the students and teachers have a shoulder to lean on, members of the community remain in pains over the poor State of their road.
To them, the cost of transportation is crippling their economic fortunes because the road particularly from Ophori to Oguname is bad.
For the eight hundred students of Oguname Secondary school, Olorogun Godwin Aghofure is Godsent.
The principal of Oguname Secondary school, Oguname,Mr Anthony Apumami some teachers, non Teaching staff and students of the school were spotted joining the buses donated by Olorogun Godwin Aghofure to school.
The school principal said but for the buses most students would have dropped out of school as they can not afford the cost of transportation to the school due to the bad road.
He appealed to Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori to use this dry season to help the community by constructing the road link road from Agbarho five junction to
Ekrerhavwem.
Beyond ensuring that students and teachers get to school, Olorogun Godwin Aghofure is also credited with employing 12 teachers for community.
One of the benefiting teachers Mr Augustine Ogheneovo appealed to the state Governor to reconstruct the Agbarho five junction road to Ekrerhavwem adding that small vehicles find it difficult to ply the road.
