Prestea isn't Sodom and Gomorrah, Asabea Engineering is rather incompetent - Group fires back

The leadership of Prestea Communicators for Development (PCD), have taken a swipe at 'lackadaisical incompetent road contractor', whose continual occupation in Prestea Huni-Valley and many parts of the Western Region is drawing the Region backward in terms of quality road infrastructure.

Recently, a group called Prestea Communicators for Development revealed the works of Asabea Construction Ltd in Prestea was very unprofessional.

They listed a number of roads constructed by Asabea Construction Ltd and tagged them as shoddy works.

The roads are Prestea-Samereboi, Prestea Himan asphalt, Tarkwa Ahweteaso Road, Prestea-Bogoso road since 2013, coupled with the destruction of properties of Sustainable Rural Water Project

However yesterday on Adom FM, the 'frustrated' CEO, Mr. Samuel Ofori Larbi rather responded by insulting the Municipality, the Police, the Court, the Chiefs and the good people of Prestea in particular and Prestea Huni-Valley at large.

In his response, Mr. Samuel Ofori Larbi told Adom FM, “there is no elder in Prestea; everyone does whatever he/she likes. No one is able to control anyone, not even the police. Prestea is worse than Sodom and Gomorrah”.

He added, “the whole country, nowhere is lawless compared to Prestea. I am telling you, the character of the people there, it doesn’t exist anywhere in this country.”.

Mr. Larbi further appealed to government “not to waste the tax payer’s money to do any project in Prestea”.

But in a sharp rebuttal by the Prestea Communicators, they opined that "We at Prestea Communicators for Development want to establish that, our community is law abiding. No one has ever interfered with the shoddy work of Asabea since he started occupying Prestea".

They added that "We can state that, Mr. Larbi’s behaviour is an attempt to bulldoze his way through, to lure government to continue giving him contracts, but, he has failed".

They emphasized that "We have officially petitioned our authorities in the Municipality about his denigrating comment about our community on Adom FM. We are stating emphatically that:

He has destroyed pipes of Prestea Sustainable Rural Water Project in Prestea town when he had no signed contract on Prestea town roads.

The asphalt he sent to Prestea-Himan has been washed by the rains, and just last week, our Chief, Nana Nteboah Prah IV organised communal labour to make that road motorable.

His continual occupation on Prestea-Mumuni-Samreboi and many parts of Western Region such as Tarkwa Ahweteaso is a disservice to the people of Western Region".

They reiterated that "as we continue to appeal to the government of President Akuffo Addo, we at PCD will use all rights granted us by the 1992 constitution of the Republic of Ghana, to ensure that, the President, Minister of Roads, Ghana Cocoa Board ensure value for money, values the service of Cocoa Farmers in the Western Region and to abrogate the contract of shoddy contractors such as Asabea Engineering and Construction Ltd and re-award to a well qualified contractor to serve the people of Western Region".

They concluded that "failure of President Akuffo Addo’s government to yield to our request, will mean, he is following footsteps of former President Mahama on this particular issue, and we will advise ourselves appropriately".