As the regional democratic council of Region Nine elected its representatives yesterday, several dozen residents of the border community and surrounding areas carried out a picketing exercise to voice their concerns on a number of issues affecting them.
Reports from the interior community are that around 9:30 am yesterday, residents, mostly women, gathered in front of the office of the ruling PPP/C and later proceeded to the office of the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) to vent their frustration at several issues including, house lot allocation, lack of medical supplies and poor services at the Lethem hospital as well as the poor state of roads in the region and those leading to the area.
The residents also called on the authorities to realize the promises made by the government and the regional administration as regards the setting up of a fire station in the community as
