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Following the June 24 demonstration by some irate youth and drivers in Ashaiman over the poor state of roads in the area, Joseph Nii Ade Coker, the Greater Accra Regional (GAR) Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has assured residents that government will complete the construction of the deplorable roads in the municipality. Mr Ade Coker said the NDC appreciates the support it has enjoyed from the municipality, adding the John Mahama-led administration would not renege on any promise made to Ashaiman in the run-up to the 2012 general elections. Mr Joseph Ade Coker was speaking during a meeting he had with the NDC executives of the Ashaiman constituency at the municipal assembly. According to the GAR NDC Chairman, the cost of constructing the 4.5km dual carriage stretch, which is estimated at about GH�10 million, is huge and beyond the capacity of the assembly. Mr Coker admitted that every citizen had the cause to protest for a solution to their grievances, but added that this should not include vandalism. �I am aware of the completion and the rehabilitation of some ongoing link roads in the municipality. The assembly is working hard to ensure that those roads whose costs are within the assembly�s means are fixed. I therefore will appeal to the residents of Ashaiman to stay cool as the NDC government would not abandon them in any way,� the GAR NDC Chairman said. To the Ashaiman NDC executives, Mr Ade Coker, the party would lose the constituency if they fail to shun factionalism. He charged them to assist the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Numo Addinortey Addison, to reach out to the residents on the development agenda of the government. At the meeting were Mr Robert Kempes Ofosuware, the MCE for Tema; Mr Tony Nukpenu, Deputy GAR NDC organiser; Mr Romeo Akahoho and Mr Daniel Ekumah, the Presiding Members for TMA and ASHMA respectively; Alhaji Gomda, and the Ashaiman Constituency NDC chairman.