THE Suhum-Kraboa-Coaltar District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Samuel Fleischer-Kwabi, has stated that the current demolition exercise going on at Suhum, the district capital, is to avert the development of slums in the township.
He, therefore, described the allegation that the exercise was aimed at antagonising or intimidating some of the inhabitants as false and malicious lies calculated to stall the town’s development.
Mr Fleischer-Kwabi made the statement when he addressed the district assembly recently.
He told the assembly members that the exercise was to ensure that Suhum was transformed into a modern settlement, comparable to well-planned metropolises and municipalities such as Tema, Takoradi and Sunyani.
Mr Fleischer-Kwabi said the assembly was compelled to demolish the structures, some of which were on water courses and blocking the flow of rivers, resulting in floods because the developers did not heed warnings to stop work on such structures.
He said the assembly would continue to invoke all legal provisions to ensure that the haphazard construction of buildings and indiscriminate erection of temporary structures on every available space in the communities were stopped.
With regard to security in the district, especially at Suhum, which has been witnessing a spate of murders and armed robberies, he said the situation was under control due to the efforts of the military and the police. The security personnel have been allocated a vehicle by the assembly for a 24-hour operation dubbed “Operation Calm Life”.
On the provision of social amenities such as schools, roads, and clinics in the area, Mr Fleischer-Kwabi said some of the projects had been completed, others were at the last stages of completion, while the rest were yet to start.
The DCE indicated that the assembly had acquired a grader to rehabilitate feeder roads in the district, and that some of the projects being tackled included the Suhum Inter-Change, classroom blocks at Abesim, Kukua, Anum-Apapam, Triao, Kwaboanta and Ateibu, which were deprived farming communities in the district.
Mr Fleischer-Kwabi announced that the assembly had been granted a GH¢91,300.00 loan to be disbursed to 44 persons who are into agro-forestry.
The DCE said the district had collected GH¢255,473.49 as its internally generated revenue, by the end of November, 2009 out of a target of GH¢270,854.90.
The Presiding Member, Mr Festus Ofosu, called on the assembly members to do away with parochial interests and political partisanship and unite to develop the district.
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