Story: A. Kofoya-Tetteh, Somanya
THE Konor of Manya Krobo, Nene Sakite, has expressed his people’s appreciation to President J.A. Kufuor for honouring his promise to create a new district, Upper Manya, out of the vast Manya Krobo District.
Nene Sakite expressed the appreciation at a grand durbar organised by the Manya Krobo District Assembly at Asesewa at the weekend, to formally announce the creation of the new district.
According to Nene Sakite, the creation of the new district would accelerate the development of the Manya Krobo area to make it possible for the people to have a fair share of the national cake.
Giving the history of the area, the Konor stated that Manya Krobo, which in the colonial era was a booming cocoa-producing area and also producing food crops and oil palm with big markets at Asesewa, Agormanya and Sekesua, had had as many as 60 of its villages ceded to its neighbouring districts of Yilo Krobo, Fanteakwa and Asuogyaman.
He said such a move had adversely affected Manya Krobo culturally, socially and economically. He appealed to the government to bring back such villages to where they belonged to make it possible for the area to have additional representation in parliament.
Nene Sakite was hopeful that the new district would be provided with the necessary amenities that would make it function effectively.
The Deputy Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment, Alhaji Awudu Yirimia, said the district which would soon be inaugurated, would be provided with the necessary facilities to operate.
The Deputy Minister who said the government was doing its best to provide social amenities in the area, added that all the numerous projects that had either been completed or were being executed were from government initiatives and funding.
Alhaji Yirimia also gave the assurance that the government was looking into the ceding of Manya Krobo villages to its adjoining districts to see how best to resolve the issue.
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