Kotokrom To Protest Against Government

Some Inhabitants of Kotokrom in the Sunyani West District of the Brong Ahafo are calling on the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister to come to their aid and clear the refuse dump that is causing havoc in their area or else they will hit the streets to protest against the suffering they are going through.

According to the people they have appealed several times to the Sunyani West Municipal Chief Executive for the past one year but he hasn’t done anything about it.

They said the refuse was pushed close to their house when the MCE came to commission a close by public toilet started by the erstwhile NPP government.

According to Adjei Darkwah, the rubbish was pushed close to their house because the MCE didn’t want the rubbish to block the way to the public toilet.

He noted that, the MCE promised to take the refuse off the area since it in the middle of people’s houses but he has refused to take it off and people still throw rubbish there.

Mr. Darkwah said right now that the rains has set in it will drain the dirt’s into their homes and also they will find it difficult staying in their rooms because of the stench that comes out from the rubbish when it rains.

When our reporter visited the site, a preparatory school was spotted close by the refuse dump with several houses surrounding the refuse dump.

The Director of the Heavenly Royals Preparatory Daycare School, Kwasi Nkrumah said the closeness of the school to the refuse has caused parent to take their children from the school for fear of contracting airborne diseases.

 He expressed his fear that the school might collapse because of the refuse dump.

He noted that they have appealed to the Assembly woman and all those that they can help them in taking off the rubbish but nobody is ready to help them in taking it off.

According to him, when it rains the stench becomes so great that they always close the school when they see the signs of rains.

 From Vivianna Mensah, Kotokrom