Nana Osei Kufuor II and some community leaders
SOME ANGRY residents of eight communities in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region have demanded their road networks be fixed before the December 7 elections are held.
The locals of the communities, which include Bonteso, Katanease, Hiakosi, Wioso, Seibi, Amanchia Tetrem, Ahwerewa-Bontefufuom and Ahwerewa, said they were ready to hold government to ransom since their daily complaints about the poor state of roads in and around the villages had fallen on deaf ears.
They have consequently warned the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Joseph Albert Quarm, not to step foot in any of the communities to campaign until the roads are fixed.
Addressing the media at Ahwerewa-Bontefufuom over the weekend, the Chief of Ahwerewa, Nana Osei Kufuor II, said residents of the community had been joined with their neighbours at the surrounding communities to “fight” for action to solve the problem.
According to him, the people of the eight communities had been faithful to the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government since the return to democratic rule, yet it appears to them that they do not matter in the scheme of infrastructure and social amenities for communities.
“We have been left out of every development in the district. Our road networks are in poor state and it appears we do not matter in the scheme of things,” the chief stressed and added that the only thing they had ever seen on their roads was reshaping.
The Linguist of Asuonono community, Nana Simon Sekyere, said they would practically resist any government official from campaigning in any of the eight communities if the roads were not fixed, pointing out that drivers plying their roads charge them exorbitant fares because of the state of the roads.
The Assemblyman for the area, Dickson Kusi, said government had taken them for granted because of their continuous support to the NPP, and threatened that the people would change their hands if government continued to treat them badly.
By Ernest Kofi Adu