Pressure group cries for Jaman South district

The Coalition for Paternalistic Accountability, (CPA) a new vibrant pressure group

in Sunyani has observed that the Jaman South District in the Brong-Ahafo region is

facing several development problems and until drastic measures are taken to reserve

the trend, the people in the area may resort to unproductive actions.

In a press statement signed by the president of the group, Kwame Nkrumah and its

Secretary, Nana Kwame Agyemang and copied to Space FM in Sunyani, the Coalition for

Paternalistic Accountability, listed the problems facing the district which must be

addressed immediately. The problems include deplorable highway and dilapidated

feeder roads, poor market facilities for the district capital and other towns, lots

of incomplete projects, partisanship politics eating into the fabrics of the

District Assembly, low viable infrastructural projects, stalled evacuation of refuse

dumps.

The group also mentioned sharp decline in youth employment, sluggish expansion of

classroom infrastructure for pupils studying under trees, lack of proper care for

people with disabilities, poor television network coverage, inadequate street

lighting and the neglect of the Papasu River Basin Development Project.

The group said all the feeder roads, from Drobo to Miremano, Abrekasu to

Kwameprakrom, Atuna-Baatea-Dodosuo, Japekrom (Drobo)-Kwameseikrom and feeder roads

from Zezera linking Adamsu and Baanafo are in very bad states and need urgent

attention.

The CPA noted that because there are no covets on some rivers, some people have

drown on those rivers. The CPA recalled an incident at Zezera recently where a

pregnant woman bitten by a snake lost her life on the way to hospital at Drobo,

after the vehicle got stuck in the thick muddy road.

“The poor state of Jaman South roads adversely effects transportation of farm

produce, businesses , school activities and finally leads to poverty”, the CPA said.

The group also recalled a scenario involving two district education officers whose

vehicles got stuck in a muddy road between Baano and Krakrom.

The CPA continued that the partisan nature of the District assembly seems to be

draining the coffers of the assembly because the assembly spends close to GHC 6000

per sitting over who should become the Presiding member all because of NDC-NPP

interest groups.

The CPA said “as a result of all these inconveniences, the affected people are

threatening to boycott elections and all forms of electioneering campaigns”.

“The people are also contemplating to embark on demonstration; like wise refuse to

honor their tax obligations; and to also prevent revenue officials to trek down to

their areas for collections of revenue.

Above all, cashew buying companies are contemplating shunning the payment of council

bills charge on each bag of cashew product”.

The CPA wondered why the president never set foot on Jaman south district during his

recent visit to the Brong-Ahafo region.