Kodie (Ash), July 8, GNA - Mr. Kwaku Oppong Kyekyeku, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Afigya Kwabre, has expressed concern about assembly and community members who rush to radio stations to lodge complaints on issues that the district assembly might not be aware of. He said "much as people have the freedom to enjoy their rights, I think it will be prudent if the assembly is at least informed," he said. Mr. Oppong Kyekyeku, who was speaking on the challenges of the Assembly at its First Ordinary Meeting at Kodie, said "challenges, though numerous, cannot be insurmountable. The remedy lies on understanding of the challenge and working as a team to resolve them". He said the sustainability of revenue mobilization strategies were the other challenges and would need the management of the assembly to put in effective proposals to be able to raise revenue for the development of the district.

Mr Oppong Kyekyeku said a draft bye-law was ready for consideration by the assembly to rekindle the communal spirit of the people. He said when gazetted it would be put to full use as a means through which communities could clean their surroundings and also solve some other personal and environmental problems of the people. The DCE said most water bodies were drying up and forests getting depleted through timber felling by some selfish individuals and stressed the need for all to be on board with other relevant agencies to address the looming threat to national survival.

He said people still defecate in classrooms and smoke on school compounds and appealed to chiefs and other stakeholders to craft strategies to halt the nuisance. 08 July 09