See yourself as noble servants - Assembly Members urged

Essam (E/R), April 29, GNA - Mr Ernest Asare Buachie, Akwapim North District Director of the National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE), on Tuesday urged Assemblymen and women to be responsible servants in order to mobilise their people for development.

"It is only when assembly members consider themselves as noble messengers of the people, that they could mobilise them for the needed development", he said.

The NCCE Director, a former Assemblyman, was addressing a mini durbar of the chiefs and opinion leaders of Essam near Akim Oda in the Birim Central Municipality in the Eastern Region. The durbar was to discuss the provision of social amenities in the area in the context of what share of the national cake comes to them for developmental projects.

The area lacked public toilet, portable water, good road and electricity.

Mr Buachie cautioned Assembly Members who delight in dictating to their people, to desist from such acts because it would not only make their difficult but also does not speak well of the office they occupy and .

He regretted that the communal spirit, which had led to the execution of several meaningful development projects, was dying off and called on the people to rekindle their self-help spirit for speedy development.

Mr Buachie pointed out that, unity and peace were pre-requisites for development and called on the public to give Assemblymen and women the needed co-operation to put in their best.

He noted that, one cardinal objective of an assembly member was to assist people within an electoral area, help themselves and their community by providing resources sometimes through contributions, sharing knowledge through meetings, building capacity and forging partnership through socialisation in the public and private sectors.

Mr Reginald Sackey, the Assemblyman for the area, appealed to the Municipal Assembly and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to assist the community with electricity.

He said, without electric power, the medical centre in the area could not store vaccines and other drugs, and schools would not able to utilise their workshops for practical assignments. Mr Sackey noted: "We have been very much encouraged by the contributions that have come from various people especially, as they come from different backgrounds.

"We believe that all stakeholders in the community are interested in exchanging views and ideas particularly on how to enhance the development of Essam and its environs," he added.