Notorious highway robbers terrorising commuters in Fanteakwa North District in the Eastern Region in the latest attack reportedly absconded with a total of Ghc36,480 which belonged to traders commuting on Abuorso to Dedeso road.
The armed robbers allegedly took advantage of the absence of Police officers on duty to hijack the Police barrier, disguised as police officers to rob unsuspecting traders.
Addressing the media, the Begoro Youth and Concerned Fanteakwa North Youth raised serious concern about insecurity in the district owing to rampant highway robbery attacks which have resulted in deaths and injuries from gunshots but lamented that the DCE for the area, Charles Oware Tweneboah as Chairman of the District Security Council (DISEC) seems unconcerned about the plight of the ordinary person in the district.
“Our beloved traders over the years have been attacked on the Abourso-Dedeso road and many of them have lost their lives and livelihood as a result of rampant robbery attacks (We say may their souls rest in peace). For over a decade, no direct stringent measures have been put in place to curb this situation and it clearly demonstrates the level of incompetent leader we have running the affairs of the citizens in the District. About a fortnight ago, armed robbers attacked travellers in Metro Mass bus 2:20 am at a police checkpoint. I repeat, at Police Checkpoint and robbed these travellers to a tune of (GH¢ 36,480.00) and 9 mobile phones. The report shows that the policemen on duty at that time had gone to sleep in their various homes”
According to the youth, Police in the area is under-resourced to the point that the District Police Commander is ‘homeless’.
The youth accused the District Chief Executive Charles Oware Tweneboah for exhibiting incompetence and failed leadership since his appointment four years ago.
“We are unable to blame the police command so much because they lack the logistic to combat crime in the District. Let’s take this into consideration, a NADMO Director Rev.Opoku Acheampong who hails from Begoro and has accommodation in Begoro has been given a government bungalow and the district Police commander lives in a rented single room with his wife and children. How do we expect him to perform to expectation,” Mustapha Ahmed Operation Director for the youth groups alleged?
The youth cited issues of indiscriminate dumping of refuse due to inadequate waste collection containers, open defecation owing to abandoned public toilet projects fearing the District could be hit with cholera during the rainy season.
Other issues raised is lack of potable water forcing many residents to depend on polluted river Osubin.
The fallen standard of education leading to mass failure of students in both basic and senior high school concealed government scholarships, the high unemployment rate among the youth were also cited to demonstrate the incompetence of the DCE.
According to the youth, teenage pregnancy is also high in the district .
They stated that the DCE has failed to leverage the abundant natural resources and tourism potentials in the district to create jobs and improve the poor living standard of the people.
The youth called on the President not to reappoint the DCE
“District chief executive has failed the government and his subjects under no circumstances does he deserve re-nomination as a District chief executive of Fanteakwa North. He has failed his people and we the youth of Begoro are unable to contain him here again as the District chief executive going forward.
We are pleading with the president of the Republic, the chief of staff, the Vice President, Council of State, Eastern Region, Okyehene and the Regional minister to rescue Begoroman from continuously going down the drain”
Begoro Ankoabeahene Nana Owiredu Agyarko Minta II agreed with the youth on issues raised with a call on the government to address them.
Begoro Ankoabeahene Nana Owiredu Agyarko Minta II agreed with the youth on issues raised with a call on the government to address them.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
