Youth Club Rejects District Chief Executive's Claim

Accra, Aug.19, - The Adawso-Akwapim Youth Club has rejected their district chief executive's claim that rehabilitation works on the town's market cost 87 million cedis. The club in a statement questioned the amount and appealed for investigations to find out the actual cost. The statement signed by Mr. Nyarko Asante and five others on behalf of the town denied that the townsmen were involved in the inspection of the completed project as contained in a recent radio broadcast. The people had rejected Mr. Anthony Gyampoh, District Chief Executive's, estimate because not rpt not all the structures on the plan of the first phase of the project has been implemented. "We challenge the announcement by Mr Gyampoh based on the grounds that the first phase plan shows that we still have a ten- seater KVIP toilet system, 20 more stalls, a retaining wall and a pavilion to be provided...'' Mr Gyampoh on Monday, July seven, caused the broadcast of a news item that the first phase of the rehabilitation of the market was completed at 87 million cedis. They said the stalls in the market should be 100 not 80 as being claimed by Mr Gyampoh on the radio and to them, the first phase of the project, "is still un- completed".

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