The manner by which community roads are been excavated without concerted efforts to seal them up properly, has
indeed become a worrisome phenomenon. The irony is the fact that requisite government agencies and community
leaders/youths are apparently indifferent to this phenomenon; especially in this era whereby communities across
Nigeria are groaning over the general lack of basic amenities, dilapidated infrastructures, poor social welfare,
endemic corruption, leadership crisis, political instability, insecurity and hopelessness. It is based on the obvious
human and economic consequences of this trend that we set out to investigate such incidence in Ekpoma –a semi
urban town in Edo State, Nigeria, known for her characteristic good road network. An on-the-spot assessment of the
roads was conducted and our findings revealed that many roads in Ekpoma town have been excavated and left at the
mercy of natural forces without tangible effort to seal them up properly. It is our recommendation therefore, that
relevant government agencies/community leaders should be alive to their responsibilities, while perpetrators are
encouraged to do the needful when the need for road excavation arises. Like the saying goes, a bird at hand is worth
millions in the air and a stitch in time saves nine.