Government Has Abandoned The People Of Agona West

22ND AUGUST, 2010


The Rank and File of the Agona Youth Confederacy would like to bring to the fore
certain issues confronting the indigenous people in the Agona West Municipality.
The township has not seen anything which confirms or attests to the fact that it
is a Municipality, even though the Government generates more revenue from the
Municipality than any other district or municipality in the Central Region. This
we believe should reflect in the socioeconomic development of the people.
Now the Municipal Assembly is finding it difficult to raise money to fix certain
basic problems in the municipality – dilapidated and deplorable infrastructure.
And this raises a lot of questions in respect of the management of the revenues
generated by the Assembly. We know as a matter of fact, that the moneys
generated are supposed to be used to develop the township, but that is not the
case we are facing here in the Agona Municipality.

Ladies and Gentlemen, our research and consultations with some key people in the
Municipality revealed the following:
There is not a single 10 meters road in the Agona West Municipality without
potholes; information reaching us indicates that the Ghana Highways Authority is
the body responsible for these patching but are reluctant to do so for reasons
best known to them. We agree that the Government cannot do everything at a goal,
but the conditions in the Agona West Municipality are worst, considering its
status as a Municipality, and being the number one revenue generating district
or municipality in the Central Region.
The Municipal Assembly is unable to raise money to repair broken down Septic
Empties, but had to rent the one from Effutu Municipal Assembly and other
District Assemblies. And this has resulted into a coherent closure of Public
toilets, thereby making people defecate at unwarranted places which could
possibly make cholera outbreak imminent.

Ladies and gentlemen, AYC needs relevant and tangible responses from the
Municipal Assembly and the Government respectively, in respect of the following
questions:

1. Why has the Ghana Highways Authority (Ministry of Roads and Highways)
abandoned the deplorable and death trap potholed roads in the Agona West
Municipality?

2. Is the Agona West Municipal Assembly broke?
We of the Agona Youth Confederacy (AYC) demand relevant and responsible
responses from the Ministry of Roads and Highways, and the Agona West Municipal
Assembly respectively.

God Bless Ghana
Signed
Kojo Quainoo
Richard Cobbold
Dorcas Danquah