NKRANKROM RESIDENTS TO CHASE OUT POLITICIANS WITH STONES

From: Michael  Sarpong Mfum ,Nkrankrom B/A

Residents of Nkrankrom, a farming community in the Sunyani Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region have renewed their call to stop any Politician from campaigning for votes in their community.

Nkrankrom has a population of about 1,000 who are predominately farmers. The youth in the community say they will chase out any politician who comes to the community to canvass for vote with stones. According to them, efforts by opinion leaders in the community to get electricity to the area have fell on deaf ears.

What greets any visitor who visits the community is a signpost who reads 'No light no vote.' The aggrieved residents say they have been without electricity and other social amenities for so many years but successive governments have done little to better their living conditions.

                                     Hayford Kwabena Kumah, Assemblyman Nkrankrom

Hayford Kwabena Kumah the Assemblyman for Nkrankrom Electoral area in an interview with XYZ News said all appeals made to the appropriate authority the Sunyani Municipal Assembly has fallen on death ears.

“We have made several appeals to the Municipal Assembly to extend the national electricity grid has not yielded any positive results. The Municipal Chief Executive, Akwasi Oppong Ababio promised us in 2010 and 2011 that we would get electricity here, but as I talk to you today, there is no light as you can see. We also informed our MP Akwasi Ameyaw Cheremeh about the situation, he told us he would check from the Minister of Energy, Dr. Oti Adjei on when Nkrankrom would be connected to the national grid, upon his return, the MP told us the Energy Minister said we would be connect in 2020, this is unbelievable so we want to know from the minster if it is true,” he disclosed.

According to Mr. Kumah, the community lost an opportunity of getting an ICT Centre for the basic school in the community.

“An NGO wanted to bring an ICT Centre into the community but because of the absence of electricity, the ICT Centre was sent to the people of Atuahenekrom. The clinic built about seven years ago is not functioning because of the absence of electricity. This is to the politicians, we would allow any politician whether NDC, NPP, CPP or PPP, they have lied to us over the years so we don’t need them here,” Mr. Kumah added.