PRIME Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says his village still relies on a gravel road nearly 70 years after it was built, rejecting claims that his constituency has received preferential Government treatment.
Mr Rabuka said little had changed since the road was constructed in 1956.
“If you were driving down from the village this morning, you would have travelled along the Cakaudrove road,” he said.
“That road was built back in 1956. It was a gravel road then, and it is still a gravel road today.”
He said the branch road leading to his village was completed in 1974 while he was serving with the British Guards in Hong Kong, but it also remained unsealed.
However, Mr Rabuka said many communities across Fiji continued to raise concerns about poor road infrastructure.
“Many parts of Fiji are complaining that their roads are still not sealed.”
Mr Rabuka said his province and area had not received special treatment, despite recent claims in the media.
“They should go back and tell them that it is certainly not the Prime Minister’s area that has received special treatment.”
He said the condition of roads in his area showed that many rural communities were still waiting for improved infrastructure.
