Residents of Agogooso No 2 near Dompoase in the Adansi North District of Ashanti region have threatened to vote against the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the December 7 elections, if the government does not work to improve their lot.
Speaking to the media after a demonstration in the town on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in protest, the people said after voting for the party for 32 years since 1992 the community can boast of only a 10-seater water closet toilet which cannot even be used due to structural defects.
Spokesperson Gideon Ababio mentioned that since the toilet cannot be used, the people have resorted to indiscriminate open defecation in the community.
This practice, he disclosed, is now spreading to the classrooms and other public places and thus posing a health hazard to the children, teachers and the community at large.
He also mentioned that mobile network is not operative in the community forcing residents to climb trees to enable them receive calls.
Another major concern of the people, the Spokesperson said is the lack of adequate accommodation for teachers and called for the construction of teachers’ quarters as most of the teachers stay outside the community and travel more than 14 kilometers every day to and fro’ work which makes teaching and learning ineffective.
On health, Gideon Ababio stated that due to the unavailability of a health facility in the community, accessing healthcare is a problem especially for pregnant women and called for the provision of a CHPS Compound for the community.
He also complained of lack of computers to aid the students in the community in ICT education adding, “this should not happen to any community as we are currently in a digital era.”
Both the Odikro of the town Nana Berko Asamoah and the assemblyman Kennedy Oduro Asante in separate interviews with The Chronicle expressed their fullest support for the youth in their resolve to vote against the NPP if their concerns are not addressed in the shortest possible period.
From Frederick Danso Abeam, Agogooso No 2
