Traditional Authorities in Adawso in Akuapem North of the Eastern Region have embarked on a peaceful demonstration over the lack of developmental projects in the area.
According to them, Adawso is confronted with a lot of challenges, mentioning that their market is deteriorating and if care is not taken one day, it will collapse and cause disaster in the area.
They added that their roads are also in a sorry state and have lodged a lot of complaints to the Assembly, but the situation still remains the same.
“The management of the Assembly says they don’t get anything from Adawso that is why they have abandoned our town to be destroyed,” they opined.
For this reason, the Apesemakahene of Adawso, Nana Ntow Amirekyi, through the demonstration, has ordered the market women in the area not to pay any tax to the Assembly again because they don’t benefit from the revenue mobilization the Assembly has been collecting over the past years.
Nana Ntow Amirekyi told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH that they will put in place measures to see how best they can collect revenues themselves and use the money to develop the area since the Assembly has turned a deaf ear to their challenges.
“Adawso market generates a lot of income for the Assembly, yet still, we can’t pinpoint a single project the Assembly has done for us,” he said.
He further stated that the only option that would make them allow the Assembly to continue collecting the tax from the market women is when they see them fixing their plight. Other than that, they should forget about staking tickets to the market women in the area.”
For her, the Adawso Abontendomhemaa, Nana Afua Gyekabea, said that she supports the directives given to the market women by the Apesemakahene, indicating that if the Assembly says they have staged a demonstration against them so they won’t fix their roads and deteriorating market for them, it’s okay.
“But we will advise ourselves because we have been taking it for granted for a very long time,” she added.
The market women, after hearing the news, thanked the Adawso Traditional rulers for the decision taken, saying the Assembly has been collecting tax from them, but they don’t know what they use the money for.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnewsonline.com.
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