[ 2012-05-03 ]

Techiman South chiefs threaten to boycott December elections
The chiefs and people of seven farming communities
in Techiman South constituency of the Brong-Ahafo
region have threatened to boycott the December
general election if the road network in the area
is not rehabilitated.

The communities include Yamediagro, Domiabra, Kofi
Lobikrom, Kusaase Line, and Woraso.

The more than the 600 residents of the communities
have also appealed to the government to provide a
teacher’s bungalow at Woraso for the local basic
school.

Nana Yeboah Innusah and Nana Kwame Tawiah, chiefs
at Woraso who acted as spokespersons for the
communities disclosed this when they conducted
newsmen around the area at the weekend.

They said the bad nature of the roads leading from
Bomini-Nkwanta to Kontohkrom-Hwediem had resulted
in foodstuffs getting rotten on farms, as the
people could not cart them to marketing centres.

They said several appeals made to the Municipal
Assembly had proved futile and the farmers
continued to transport their foodstuffs on
bicycles, as well as the sick and pregnant women
to nearby villages such as Asantaaso and Bamire.

Even in the on-going biometric registration
exercise the people had been neglected as there
was no centre in any of the communities, Nana
Tawiah said.

They indicated that there were 10 houses at
Yamediagro, six houses at Domiabra, 25 houses at
Kofi Lobikrom, 50 houses at Kusaase Line and 350
houses at Woraso and that their neglect was a
denial of their fundamental rights.

The chiefs stated that “no single electoral
officer has been assigned to the area since the
beginning of the registration exercise”.

At Woraso newsmen detected that the Queen Mother
for the area, Madam Badu had released a room in
her house as office accommodation for teachers at
Yamediagro.

Source - GNA

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