After years of impassable terrain that forced laboring mothers to give birth along the roadside, the rehabilitation of the Toubo Gbaweleken–Deabo highway brings ambulances, commerce, and dignity to a long-forgotten community.
By: Prince D. Copeland
DEABO, River Gee County — Residents of Deabo Chiefdom in River Gee County have showered praise on Representative Johnson S. N. Williams of Electoral District #3 following the rehabilitation of the 9.91-kilometer road linking Toubo Gbaweleken to Deabo.
The residents described the project as a major relief, saying it has significantly improved transportation and eased the movement of people and goods throughout the district.
Speaking to our River Gee County Correspondent, resident Mary Weah said the community had endured years of hardship due to the poor condition of the road. She explained that the absence of a health facility in the entire Deabo Chiefdom had made access to healthcare especially difficult.
According to Madam Weah, pregnant women in labor suffered the most because the deplorable road made it nearly impossible to transport them by motorcycle to a health facility. As a result, many were forced to walk for hours to reach the nearest clinic in Toubo Gbaweleken.
She added that, because of the terrible road conditions and the long distance to the clinic, some women gave birth along the road before they could reach medical care.
Madam Weah said the rehabilitation of the road has brought renewed hope to the people, noting that ambulances can now access the area to transport pregnant women and other emergency patients to health facilities more quickly and safely.
She thanked Representative Johnson S. N. Williams for the intervention and encouraged him to continue supporting road connectivity and other development initiatives that improve the lives of residents of Electoral District #3 and River Gee County as a whole.