Afrancho (Ash), July 10, GNA – Mr Benjamin Asonaba Dapaah, Council of State Member, has said that President Kufuor listens to their advice and acts on them hence the relative peace in the country. He indicated that if the members had been advising the President on arrests, intimidation and the like, all the good things Ghanaians are enjoying would have been absent. Mr Dapaah said this during his familiarisation tour in the Kwabre District on Thursday. Speaking at a durbar held in his honour at Afrancho-Bronkong near Ntribuoho, the Council of State Member said they are aware of the problems facing Ghanaians but people should be tolerant because the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government came to meet empty coffers and it is re-organising things. “We have sat down with the President and put down good strategies for the country and that if the past government has concentrated on good roads, schools and hospitals people would not have been asking for them.” Mr Dapaah appealed to unit committees, assembly members, area councils and departmental heads to co-operate to ensure good governance in the districts. Alhaji Ahmed Akwasi Yeboah, Kwabre District Chief Executive, said it behoved unit committees and assembly members to defend and protect state and community property, especially physical developments on government lands or areas earmarked for development. He told the committees and the assembly members to report any problem above their level to the district assembly for action to avoid confusion and confusion in the communities. The DCE explained the National Health Insurance Scheme to the people and said the government was working hard to implement it and therefore it was incumbent for all to embrace the scheme. Mr Kwabena Abebrese, assembly member for Afrancho, said chieftaincy and land disputes are the two factors retarding the development of Bronkong and Afrancho, the twin towns and that efforts were being made to resolve them. He expressed concern about the delay of the tarring of streets in the two towns and called on the authorities to impress on the contractor to complete the project on time. Mr Sampson Adu-Poku, assembly member for Ntribuoho, called for the rehabilitation of Ntribuoho-Afrancho road, which is in a deplorable condition. He also called for the establishment of a primary school for the people of Adomakowaa-Buoho.
