By Christopher Tetteh
Terchire, (Ahafo), March 22, GNA – The chiefs and people of Techire, a mining community around the Newmont Ahafo South project in the Tano North Municipality of the Ahafo Region have appealed to the mining company to provide them with teachers and nursing quarters.
Mr Bernard Kwaku Fosu, the Assembly Member for the Techire Electoral Area who made the appeal said the quarters were required urgently to sustain the interest of health workers and teachers posted there to stay and serve the people.
In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Techire on the side-lines of a community engagement forum on emerging development issues in the area, he expressed worry most of the teachers and nurses posted to serve in the area often reported and later left due to lack of accommodation.
Describing the situation as unfortunate, Mr Fosu said if something was not done immediately “all the teachers and nurses will leave the area” which would impede quality healthcare provision and education growth and development.
In another interview, Mr Peter Boakye, a resident farmer also called for transparency and accountability on mining royalties paid to the community, and appealed to the mine to also help tackle the poor telecommunication network in the area.
“We are cut off from mobile money and other online transactions because of a bad network,” he stated, and called for support.
Mr Eric Owusu, another farmer also called on the mine to provide the relevant and requisite employable skill training to the youth and engage them to work at the mine to reduce the teeming youth unemployment problem in the area.
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