Kwahu chief threatens demo against Mahama

The Chief of Kwahu Atibie, Barima Kwame Asante Beteani II, has threatened to lead a massive demonstration against government if nothing is done about the Nkawkaw-Atibie road within the next three months.

Works on the road which was awarded on contract in 2012 commenced in July 2014 due to lack of funds. Messrs Sonitra, the contractor for the road, abandoned the project in November 2015 for none payment of certificates since the commencement of the project.

According to Barima Kwame Asante, the deplorable road is affecting the few businesses in community. “We don’t have any particular business in our community but the little that my people are doing, dust has taken over,” Nana told Agoo Fm.

He said there wasn’t a single pothole on the Atibie town section of Nkawkaw-Atibie road, and wondered why the contractor did not complete the damaged portion of the road before tackling the Atibie town section.

Nana Kwame Asante appealed to government to as a matter of urgency tar the stretch from the Asuboni Bridge to Atibie Quarters to prevent respiratory diseases and save their businesses.

The Kwahu chief’s demand came on the heels of a similar demand by the chiefs and people of Denkyira traditional area in the Central Region last Thursday.

The Denkyira chiefs took offence at President Mahama’s comment that the Volta Region was the electoral ‘World Bank’ of his governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).

They said the president’s statement showed clearly that the NDC government was discriminating in the distribution of national resources and vowed not to partake in the upcoming crucial general election.

Daasebre Oduro Akenten II, Abuakwahene and Denkyira Nifahene, said at a news conference on Thursday that “If the president believes the country belongs to all of us, he would not have gone to the Volta Region to say that that region is his World Bank and IMF”.

The chief also rubbished President Mahama’s claim that roads and health centres had been constructed in the area.

Daasebre Akenten said that President Mahama was reported to have stated that the NDC government had completed a Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound for the people of the Denkyira Traditional Area as part of efforts to bring health delivery to the doorsteps of the people.

According to the chief, it was untrue because the project was abandoned long ago. He said the project had been overgrown by weeds, with reptiles making the place their abode.

“The CHPS compound he claims to be constructing for us has been abandoned for about five years. He was there saying he had completed it and people had started patronising the facility but that cannot be true,” the chief insisted.