Abontam: No roads, no campaign

Politicians have been declared persona non grata in Abontam in the Bosumtwi district of the Ashanti region.

This is after several appeals to authorities to construct their roads and provide them with amenities appear to have fallen on deaf ears.

According to the aggrieved residents, attention is shifted to the town anytime elections approach. They are then neglected right after the elections, residents complained.

Assemblyman for the area, Oppong Boadi, speaking to Class News, said they would not allow any politician to come there to campaign for the November polls until they have been provided with good motorable roads and other amenities.

“The road is so bad that pregnant women normally lose their babies,” he alleged.

“Politicians will always come and promise them that they will do this, they will do that, but they neglect them.

“We are warning the politicians: they shouldn’t come here at all during campaigns, since we are not part of the district, not part of the government. They shouldn’t come here at all because they have neglected us, there are no good roads, but when it gets to election, they come here to campaign."