The Chief of Kurase, in the Ashanti Region, Nana Adu-Boahen, is enraged because politicians have long denied the community essential development.
“I don’t need them (politicians) in my palace, they can come to the town and do their campaigns but my house no, because if you come to my house you will repeat the same thing,” he said.
The chief issued the edict owing to what he said have been false promises by some politicians in the area, and he does not expect them to change because they have nothing new to offer.
He believes they would continue to rely on old lies to win votes in the 2024 elections, which for him is unacceptable.
Kurase which sits in the outskirts of the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti region is predominantly a farming community.
After years of waiting and pleading with the government to repair their only poor road, the chief said he decided to sell his cocoa farm to raise funds for the reconstruction of the community road.
“I called on the MP and the MCE, and they didn’t mind me, so I have to sell my cocoa farm to do the work because we cannot stay without cars coming to Kurase here,” he said.
The road from Kurase to Kwaso and on to Ejisu has been in disrepair for decades with no serious improvement.
Due to the challenge, residents struggled to carry farm produce, particularly cocoa, to adjacent market centres.
Schoolchildren and the elderly were all in jeopardy as commuting became harder with each heavy downpour. Unfortunately, some people were said to have died on the road as a result of the situation over the years.
Nana Adu-Boahen said the initiative’s purpose is to give his people a sigh of relief while driving on the road.
According to Nana Adu- Boahen, it was mind-boggling for a community in the 21st Century to continue to wallow in such deprivation, with pregnant women and children usually conveyed on motorcycles.
He stated that the route is only nine kilometres from Ejisu, thus he was perplexed as to why the district assembly and government continue to abandon the community’s road.
“From Ejisu to here is just about 9km, what are they doing, the MCE what is he doing? In fact, we are not living in a jungle, we are not in a jungle, and they have to back up. We those who are here are also human beings,” Nana Adu-Boahen said angrily.
