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Reshape road leading to Boabeng-fiema monkey sanctuary- Chief appeals
The chief of Boabeng, a farming community in the Nkoranza North District of Bono East Region has appealed to the Nkoranza North District Assembly and the Tourism Ministry to reshape the road leading to Boabeng-fiema monkey sanctuary to a motorable one to attract more tourists to the facility.
According to the chief, Nana Owusu Damoa, the deplorable nature of the 4 kilometre Ntanko-to Boabeng road linking Nkoranza main road to the town was driving away tourists,first time visitors and potential ones to the Boabeng-fiema monkey sanctuary.
The situation, he said is denying the state a substantial revenue.
He lamented that the Boabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary is one of the eco- tourism sites which has gained international repute which must be developed to rake in more revenue for the local economy and the tourism ministry.
Nana Owusu Damoa disclosed this to the Ghanaian Times during a ceremony to present medical equipment to the Boabeng community based and health planning services CHPS compound at Boabeng on Friday.
The chief said the ongoing renovation exercises taking place at targeted tourism sites such as kintampo waterfalls, Kwame Nkrumah mosoleum among others in the country by the Ghana Tourism Authority should be extended to the Boabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary to give the place a face lift.
“We need recreational facilities as an add on to the monkey sanctuary for the tourists who intend to spend some days at the facility ” the chief noted.
He called for projects such as accommodation facilities for tourists, and library project embarked upon by the tourism Authority which had been abandoned to be revisited.
The chief finally added that all efforts to have the problem address by state authorities had yielded no results .
From DANIEL DZIRASAH, BOABENG
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has expressed concern over delays in the release of the District Assemblies Common Fund, warning that the situation is stalling development across the country.
On his facebook page, he described as a matter of urgent national importance, the Minority Chief Whip pointed to what he sees as a growing crisis of unpaid contractors, abandoned projects, and halted infrastructure works in many districts.
He noted that several communities are grappling with half completed schools, unfinished health facilities, abandoned markets, deteriorating roads, and stalled sanitation projects.
According to him, many contractors who have executed projects for district assemblies have not been paid, forcing some construction firms to demobilise from sites while workers lose their jobs.
He stressed that the District Assemblies Common Fund is not a discretionary allocation but a constitutional requirement under Article 252 of the 1992 Constitution, intended to support development at the local level.
In his view, years of delayed releases and accumulated arrears have weakened district development financing and disrupted projects meant to improve living conditions in communities.
He further argued that some payments made in recent years were largely the settlement of old debts rather than funding for new or ongoing projects, a situation he believes has affected contractor confidence and local economic activity.
He described the issue as more than a budgetary challenge, characterising it as a development emergency and a governance concern.
He therefore urged the appropriate authorities to pay outstanding DACF arrears, settle contractors who have completed their work, and ensure that transfers to districts are automatic and predictable.
He maintained that decentralisation can only succeed when district assemblies receive adequate and timely funding to carry out development projects.
He emphasised that stalled projects directly affect ordinary citizens, since they rely on such infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, sanitation, and economic activities.
He called for renewed attention to grassroots development, insisting that national progress should not be concentrated only in major cities but extended to all communities.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Richard Appiah, the footballer who killed two children and stored part of their bodies in a fridge at Abesim in the Bono Region in 2021 has been handed a lifetime sentence.
This was after a five member panel of judges at the Accra High Court returned a verdict of guilty against the convict.
Appiah, 32, also a draughtsman would spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of murder.
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BY MALIK SULLEMANA
