By: Emmanuel Tarpeh Quiah-Maryland County
Maryland County: November 1, 2025: A US$35,000 bridge undertaking that started in 2022 to attach Memleken City with a neighboring neighborhood stays incomplete, leaving residents remoted and annoyed over what they describe as a undertaking gone incorrect.
The deserted bridge in response to the residents, stands as an emblem of neglect and failed guarantees from each native authorities and contractors.
The undertaking which was requested by two close by cities, was meant to ease motion and enhance commerce between the communities. Nonetheless, three years later, the bridge lies unfinished, forcing residents to assemble a short lived plank bridge simply to cross between the cities.
Based on locals, regardless of the US$35,000 funds, residents have been instructed to supply their very own sand for development. The native authorities contributed only one Truck load of sand, and residents accused contractors of utilizing 12ML metal rods meant for home home windows reasonably than the stronger 18ML rods appropriate for bridge work.
“The bridge is just not assured to final,” stated one neighborhood member. “We have been advised to deliver sand despite the fact that the federal government funded it. Now the bridge is unsafe and incomplete.”
City Chief Mr. Alex T. William described the construction as substandard, estimating that it’s not even price US$5,000. He stated the difficulty has been reported to the County Superintendent however no motion has been taken.
City Speaker Mark Cooper additional highlighted the horrible street circumstances, saying the Cavalla Rubber Company (CRC) had deserted street works that when provided hope to the neighborhood.
Including to their woes, the city’s solely clinic, inbuilt 2011 beneath the County Improvement Fund, is non-functional.
The Ministry of Well being reportedly refused to acknowledge it as a result of it was constructed with out an accepted well being blueprint, leading to a construction that resembles a home reasonably than a clinic.
At the moment, there are not any nurses, no docs, and no medical provides. The one medical help comes from Companions In Well being (PIH), which carries out 3–4 one-day outreach visits per yr, largely to deal with pregnant girls. He made these statements throughout a media engagement on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
Resident Sarah Cooper expressed her disappointment saying, “For the reason that clinic was constructed, it has not been devoted. There are not any medicine, no nurse, and no physician. Our kids are struggling an excessive amount of.”
Nemeken’s solely faculty, established by the NGO Avenue Baby, as soon as provided schooling from ABC to Grade One and supplied free supplies resembling copybooks and faculty luggage. The federal government later assigned a single trainer, Mr. Josiah Suku, who additionally serves as a neighborhood watch discussion board member.
Avenue Baby had sponsored a younger resident for trainer coaching, however the trainee failed to finish this system, and the NGO withdrew its help after promising three years of trainer compensation. Because of this, the college has been closed for a number of months, leaving youngsters to stroll over an hour day by day to neighboring cities for courses.
The Deserted College
“Our kids don’t have any faculty right here,” stated City Chief William. “The one Avenue Baby constructed is closed, and no trainer has changed the one who left.”
Residents accused their district consultant of failing to keep up communication and breaking guarantees, together with the development of a pala-hut and the donation of an engine boat promised in March 2025.
Additionally they alleged that CRC has refused to make use of or contract anybody from the city regardless of working on neighborhood land. “CRC refused to take any contractor from our city,” stated Chief William. “They even enter our previous rubber farm with out informing us.” The city’s issues are compounded by a scarcity of fresh ingesting water. Nemeken depends on just one hand pump, which serves all households.
Girls’s chief Mrs. Martha Williams described the hardship residents face day by day, “We have now no medicine, no street, no faculty, and just one hand pump for water. Our kids and pregnant girls are those struggling essentially the most.”
Nemeken City’s residents are calling on the federal government, native authorities, and growth companions to take pressing motion. They need the bridge accomplished, the clinic reopened with medical workers, and the college revived to make sure a greater future for his or her youngsters.
“Our bridge, clinic, and faculty are all failed initiatives,” Chief Williams concluded. “We’re interesting to the federal government and our companions to recollect Nemeken.”
