Editorial
Let’s support law enforcers to purge Kasoa of miscreants
In recent times, Kasoa has been reported in the news as a trouble spot and this worrying situation must be urgently addressed.
Anyone who knows Kasoa very well will agree that it is a decent town and its image must not be allowed to be dented.
Kasoa has become a very big town and is peaceful in some areas. However, there are certain suburbs that are full of criminals who must be weeded out.
Some of the crimes are committed by foreigners from other parts of West Africa.
While Ghana is prepared to embrace nationals of neighbouring countries, we need to ensure that criminals are kept away from the Ghanaian society.
This is not to say that the crimes are committed by only foreign nationals. If Ghanaians are involved, they must also be dealt with according to law.
However, the Ghana Immigration Service must be up and doing.
In the same way, landlords must be watchful of the kind of people who come to rent their houses. Tenants of suspicious character must also be reported to the police for action to be taken.
This is how we can all contribute to orderliness, peaceful coexistence and decent living in the area.
The Ghana Police Service is doing very well to keep law and order in the numerous suburbs of Kasoa. In spite of this, crimes are on the ascendancy .
In the view of The Spectator, what the police needs to do now is to step up their intelligence gathering to enable them foresee the intentions of some of the criminals and thwart their efforts.
The Ghana Police is efficient and capable of fighting crime to the letter and it is our belief that they will be able to live up to expectation and bring about peace in the area.
The people dwelling in and around Kasoa must also be security conscious and alert the police on suspicious activities they see with the municipality .
Dear Editor,
I write to appeal to the Metro Mass Transit Limited (MMTL) to put some of their buses on the Kasoa–Circle route to ease the challenges passengers face every day.
It might interest you to know that going to and from Kasoa is no child’s play. Sadly, it appears we have been left to our fate and at the mercy of greedy ‘trotro’ drivers who employ various tactics to extort money from passengers.
One of the means they usually employ is that at the station, they’ll tell passengers they are not going to Kasoa. However, when you join these vehicles, they take passengers to a point and start calling for new passengers to a different destination. It continues like that until they reach Kasoa. At all the new stops, they collect fresh fares from passengers.
So, it is not true that they are not going to Kasoa — the only reason they do that is to take more money from passengers.
By this behaviour, one ends up spending about GH¢20 for a journey that should cost around GH¢11, and the same amount on the return trip.
This behaviour also results in long queues at the stations at night, giving robbers and pickpockets a field day as they mingle with passengers struggling for transport and end up stealing from them.
I want to plead with the Metro Mass management to put buses on this route to reduce the inconvenience we go through after a day’s work.
The management could also devise ways to make their operations more convenient and reliable, and must consider setting specific times so that passengers would know when buses arrive and when they depart.
Kwesi Pino
Kasoa
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Dear Editor,
I write with deep concern about a safety hazard and the dangers commuters are exposed to, especially those who walk in the area at night.
Along one of the busy roads in the capital — the Neoplan Station stretch of the ‘Accra Dubai’ road — lie several culverts with their metal coverings removed, leaving behind gaping holes that endanger everyone who uses the stretch.
It is a danger to commuters who walk around the area. As a regular visitor to that area, I find it very disturbing. In fact, a gaze into the drain can make one feel dizzy — it is very deep.
These are very common sights from the Railway Crossing area to the Awudome Cemetery area, bringing to the fore the activities of scrap dealers who are mostly blamed for the disappearance of the coverings.
They are dangerous and easy to miss. Children walking to school, the elderly, and even motorists risk serious injury if nothing is done.
This is not just a matter of inconvenience; it is a matter of life. We have seen too many cases where a simple oversight leads to irreversible harm.
A child could fall in. A motorcyclist could swerve and crash. A pedestrian could be injured in the dark. These are preventable tragedies, and we must treat them as urgent.
We cannot wait for disaster before we act. I urge the relevant authorities to inspect such areas, replace missing covers, and prioritise public safety. A simple fix today could save a life tomorrow. Let’s not look away — let’s fix what’s broken before it breaks someone.
Kelvin Acheampong
Dansoman
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