Omanhen of Nsien Traditional Area Awulai Agyefi Kwame’s verdict on the Nana Addo and Bawumia administration is that the “four more for Nana has been a disaster for the Western Region”.
He seemed rooted in his verdict so much so that he insisted that what is happening in the region “will not require one to seek audience with a clairvoyant to know whether the Western Region has been accorded any respect or dignity”.
Speaking on recent goings-on in the Region, the Omanhen came to the conclusion that perhaps “the voice of the Western Region is not heard in the Nana Akufo Addo and Dr. Bawumia government” considering the rather “laissez-faire approach to the needs of the region”.
“The major concern we Nananom take to any new government after any general election and on behalf of Western Region is our roads. After the popular ‘4 More 4 Nana’ clarion call, we are asking whether anytime a budget is made, roads in the region are pencilled or not.
“Anyone who will be truthful should begin to ask whether our road starting from Agona Nkwanta to Takoradi has been as it is after Nana Addo and Bawumia campaigned for our votes or not. To be honest, our roads have deteriorated more under this administration than any other administration.
“…are we progressing or retrogressing?”
Awulai Agyefi Kwame questioned whether “this is our reward for giving Ghana so much in terms of natural resources and the role in the struggle for independence”.
His worry again is that since the regional minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah, ascended his position, it is the same speech he has been reading to “us Nananom”.
“I’m asking Nananom, the youth in the region whether it is not time for us to go and ask our regional minister Kobby Okyere Darko Mensah about the Agona Nkwanta road contract and when we will see machines on the road.
“If there is no one to ask then I am ready.”
The Omanhen of Nsien “suggests to my colleague Nananom that it is not necessary for us to sit in end-of-year meetings at the House of Chiefs again. Rather, we have to go to our regional minister and demand from him since he became the regional minister, the number of road contracts awarded, when will they be finished and when will they be commissioned.
“We must see action this time and anyone amongst us Nananom who is a weakling shouldo step aside,” he charged.
By Eric Yaw Adjei