By James Esuon
Agona Kwaman (C/R), Aug. 8, GNA – Nana Opeeku Yebpah VI, Akwamuhene of the Agona Nyakrom Traditional Area, has urged telecommunications companies to erect masts at Agona Kwaman to improve mobile network connectivity and facilitate communication during emergencies.
He said making calls to health facilities and other essential services during emergencies was virtually impossible due to poor network coverage.
Residents were also unable to make stable mobile phone calls to relatives in urban areas across the country, he said.
The Akwamuhene lamented that some business owners in the town also found it difficult to communicate with their business partners, thereby affecting transactions and economic activities.
Nana Opeeku Yebpah, who is also Chief of Agona Kwaman, made the call through the Ghana News Agency (GNA) ahead of the week-long Annual Akwambo Festival of the chiefs and people of Kwaman in the Agona West Municipality.
He also appealed to the Government, Agona West Municipal Assembly and benevolent organisations to support the construction of a vocational institute in the town to enable Junior High School (JHS) graduates who could not progress to senior high school to acquire employable skills.
On youth delinquency, Nana Yebpah said the Agona Bobikuma Police had been engaged to apprehend and prosecute youth involved in drug abuse to help minimise the practice.
He said the 2026 Akwambo Planning Committee would invite the Bobikuma District Police Command to educate the youth on the consequences of drug abuse and encourage them to distance themselves from the practice.
The Kwamanhene said the 2026 Akwambo Festival would also be used to raise funds to complete an ongoing community centre project started four years ago through self-help efforts by the chiefs and people.
On dilapidated educational structures at the Methodist Basic School, Nana Yebpah expressed concern that the situation required urgent attention, as some of the buildings had become death traps.
He said the building currently accommodating kindergarten pupils needed to be reconstructed urgently to prevent any future disaster.
He renewed his appeal to the Agona West Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mr Eric Gyamfi Odoom, to construct new educational structures for the area.
Nana Yebpah further appealed to non-governmental organisations, financial institutions and citizens of Agona Kwaman, both home and abroad, to support the construction of new educational facilities to promote quality education.
He urged all stakeholders to support the various development projects to give the town a comprehensive facelift.
GNA
Edited by Alice Tettey/Audrey Dekalu