from Richard Owusu-Akyaw
The Kumawu Traditional Council has met the District Chief Executive (DCE), Samuel Asiamah, and nine assembly members within the traditional area. They are Samuel Agyekum, Woraso Electoral Area and a Presiding Member; Kwasi Dankwah, Market Square Electoral Area; Believer Nkrumah, Bodomase/Etia Electoral Area; and Kwame Aboagye, Kumawu Apibiakyer Electoral Area.
The rest were Henry Donkor, Kumawu Electoral Area; Amponsah Gyebi, Ahenbronum Electoral Area; Ohene Ntow, Wonoo Electoral Area and Owusu Afram, Abotanso Electoral Area. The meeting, called at the instance of the Traditional Council, was to afford the DCE and assembly members the opportunity to brief the Traditional Council on the activities and projects they had undertaken over the last four years. The Acting President of the Traditional Council, Nana Pepra Koduah II, urged the assembly members in particular, to be innovative and use their good offices to initiate development projects for their areas.
He said organising communal labour to clean up one’s community was not capital intensive for communities to rely on the central government or the District Assembly. “You can also organise fund-raising activities in your various communities to generate funds for development projects, without necessarily depending on the assembly,” Nana Peprah who is also the Krontinehene of Kumawu said. Nana Koduah II also tasked the assembly members to write a report on their achievements and other projects they had embarked on.
He appealed to the DCE to ensure that ongoing projects in the Kumawu township were completed within the stipulated times.
The Krontihene bemoaned the delay in the completion of projects like the construction of a lorry station at Kumawu, the street naming exercise, construction of speed ramps, and extension of electricity to the newly developing areas of the town.
The Queenmother of Kumawu, Nana Amponsah Serwaah II, on behalf of the Traditional Council, commended the DCE and assembly members for responding to their invitation, and appealed to them to pay regular visits to their respective chiefs to brief them on the various activities being undertaken.
DCE Asiamah used the opportunity to introduce four officers newly-posted to the district. They are Mr. Anthony Kwenin, District Co-ordinating Director; Mr. Justice Samuel Servugu, District Health Director; Mr. Isaac Gyamfi, Physician Assistant at the Kumawu Health Center, and Mr. Isaac Odoom Egyin, District Information Officer.