the opening up of the province of Mai Ndombe passes through the national 17 (governor) – acpcongo

2023-05-13 13:45:00

Kinshasa, 13 mai 2023, (ACP)– The opening up of the province of Mai-Ndombe requires the rehabilitation of national road 17 and the marking of the Mai-Ndombe river, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, learned the ACP on Friday from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Works. ” Development goes through the roads. We have a serious connectivity problem with the other provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Our young province is landlocked but it is thanks to the national 17, we can connect to Kinshasa and Kwango “, declared the governor of the province of Mai-Ndombe, Rita Bola, at the end of her meeting with the Minister of State Alexis Gisaro.

The governor of this entity expressed this concern during the audience granted to her on Thursday by Alexis Gisaro Muvunyi, Minister of State in charge of Infrastructure and Public Works.

And add ” it is in this search for opening up that we came to discuss with the Minister of State in charge of Infrastructure and Public Works. With him, we have received firm promises for the rehabilitation of roads whose works have already begun and for others which will soon be. “, she added.

While waiting for the fulfillment of the promises she obtained from the Ministry of Infrastructure, Governor Rita Bola said that some dilapidated roads in her province are already being rehabilitated. “We have national road number 17 where rehabilitation works have already started. This is the road that connects Kinshasa to Mai-Ndombe via Bandundu,” she said.

Apart from the aforementioned roads, she affirmed that there are also other projects in progress thanks to the financing of the national road maintenance fund.

Responding to the question relating to the inter-ethnic conflict of which certain communities in her province are victims, the head of the provincial executive of Mai-Ndombe, declared that ” the situation is relatively calm. We started with the intervention of the army. Now we are in the phase of reconciliation between communities ».

This court-like conflict has already claimed several victims. It was also exported to the gateway to the city of Kinshasa. Particularly in the plateau of Bateke, in the urban-rural commune of Maluku where police units have already been deployed to secure the population. ACP/