AHWIAA CONFLICT DEVOID OF ETHNICITY, ET AL-MINISTER

-

The Minister for Inner Cities and Zongo Development, Boniface Abu-Bakr Saddique has assured that calm has been restored to Ahwiaa and its surrounding areas in the Kwabre East district of Ashanti where a recent violent clash between some irate youth groups claimed one life. 

Mr. Saddique gave the assurance in a press briefing in Kumasi after meeting youth groups, some traditional and religious leaders at Ahwiaa, Ntonso and Aboaso to fashion out ways to neutralize the seeming tension there and maintain peace for development.

 Already, basic schools at Ahiwaa which closed in the heat of the conflict have re-opened with residents also going about lawful routine activities.

 The Minister was satisfied that there is still security presence in the town to maintain the peace.

 Mr. Saddique described the cause of the latest deadly clash at Ahwiaa as petty and that the issue should not be linked to ethnic, religious or political feud. 

He therefore entreated the media to be circumspect in their reportage. 

Mr. Saddique noted that conflicts are a major drain on the public purse at the expense of socio-economic development.

 He therefore advised particularly youth in Zongo communities to desist from social vices including drug abuse which usually stimulates them to engage create confusion in society.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

JUTE FACTORY IS BACK

-
Image
the administrative block under rehabilitation At long last, the much talked about defunct GIHOC Fibre manufacturing Company popularly known as the Jute Factory, is to be back in operations very soon.  Ashanti Today can confirm that work is feverishly ongoing towards the revival of the once golden sacks manufacturing company with the first production expected in the first quarter of next year.  It is a public-private partnership with a wholly Ghanaian company, Jute Mills Ghana Limited being the operator and has already sunk about five million Ghana Cedis to revamp the company.  The Jute Factory is located within the industrial area of Kaase.  It has been on divestiture for about 20 years now with successive governments paying lip-service to revamp it.   The old machinery at main factory to be replaced soon  It is one project that is dear to the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu, who has used almost every opportunity with business people and investors wh
Read more

THE STATE OF KUMASI'S 'INDUSTRIAL AREA

-
The once Industrial enclave of the Ashanti region within the Kumasi metropolis is fast losing its status as the nerve centre of jobs for the people.     This is due to the collapse of most of the companies in quick succession in  the last few years for various reasons. Background Industrialization was a key component of the first wholly indigenous government of Ghana led by Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. The Ashanti region was not left out in this drive which was meant to create decent jobs for the residents, particularly the youth.  Asokwa, Ahinsan, Kaase, Atonsu and Kyirapatre were the communities that became what is known as the ‘Industrial Area’ of Ashanti from the early 60s.  The christening of this enclave as the ‘Industrial Area’ was the people’s appreciation of the numerous state and privately owned companies that were sited there.  These communities fall within present day Asokwa Constituency which is in the western part of the metropolis from the Accra d
Read more

KWAMANG SHS NEEDS URGENT HELP

-
Image
New Campus of the Kwamang Presby SHS The Kwamang Presby Senior High/Technical School in the Sekyere Central district of Ashanti needs an urgent external intervention to address some of its pressing basic needs to function very well.  A visit by Ashanti Today to the school’s premises revealed that the school does not have an administrative block to administer affairs of the school for which reason the Headmistress, the Bursar and another staff are sharing one room which has been partitioned, while the Assistant Headmaster, the rest of the Accounts staff among other administrative officers are also working from an improvised classroom. Anybody who visits the Kwamang Presby Senior High Technical school for the first time will unavoidably take it for a basic school.  This is more so when it appears to be perching on the premises of the local Junior High School as its old site.  The school is wallowing in a myriad of challenges that are seriously militating against
Read more