Residents thank President Akufo-Addo for reshaping the Odumase-Kwatire stretch.
The chiefs and people of Adantia and Kwatre, farming communities in Sunyani West Municipality, have thanked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for reshaping the 30.2 kilometer Odumase-Badu road.
According to them, for the past 20 years, successive governments have broken promises to rebuild the road, slowing economic activity in the area.
Obrempong Kwasi Boanu I, the Kyidomhene (chief of crowd) of the Adantia Divisional Council, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) during a visit to the communities that the area had benefited equally from President Akufo-Addo's government.
The reshaping of the road, which was being carried out by the Sunyani-based Alexiboam Company Limited, was progressing steadily.
Tarring work on the seven-kilometer Kwatire-Adantia stretch had begun, with work on the prima seal completed.
"The resumption of road work has increased our trust and confidence in the government."
"At first, we thought the President's pledge to fix the road was political rhetoric and gimmickry, but the progress of work on the road is plain to see," Obrempong Boanu I said.
He urged the government to reshape access roads and improve drainage systems in order to help control erosion in the town.
"Kwatire-Adantia is gradually opening up," he added, "and we are grateful to the president and his government."
The work on reshaping the road, according to Nana Kwabena Yeboah, Chief of Kwatire, has made the government popular in the area.
He praised President Akufo-Addo for the level of development brought to the area, noting that the Kwatire Poly clinic benefited from a doctor's bungalow and now has access to potable drinking water.
Nana Yeboah, on the other hand, requested that the Sunyani West Municipal Assembly build a fence wall around the bungalow to improve security.
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The Chiefs and people of Dekpor, in the Ketu North Municipality of the Volta region, have held their annual "Morlu Za" (Rice Festival), calling on all indigenes to unite for the area's development.
Speaking at a colorful ceremony to cap off the week-long celebration, Dumega Wilson Akey, an elder of the community and chairman of the Dekpor Development Committee, said it was critical for the community to band together to launch self-help projects and programs aimed at socioeconomic transformation.
He noted that the government alone could not address all of the development gaps in communities across the country, and that "all hands must be on deck if we are to see a change in our society."
Mr Gabriel Kwamigah-Atokple Tanko, an aspiring National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Ketu North who attended the function, praised the people for their determination to champion their own cause.
He stated that rice cultivation in the area was a viable venture that needed to be harnessed and expanded in order to create more job opportunities for the locals, particularly the youth.
“Having been trained into what we call Public Private Partnership (PPP), I feel it is imperative that we see how best to partner with the private sector to do well for our people,” he said.
He said the Weta Irrigation Scheme was one of the biggest in the country, producing thousands of tonnes of rice annually.
He called for efforts to ensure that a lot more was done to establish rice milling factories and out-grower schemes in the enclave “to empower our people.”
Citations of honour were presented to deserving individuals for their dedication to improving the community.
The festival was celebrated on the theme: Uniting for development.”
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