West Akim District, Brekumanso Queen Mother and Residents Appeal for Basic Social Amenities.
The Queen Mother of Brekumanso together with her Elders and Residents of Brekumanso in the West Akim District of the Eastern Region have appealed to the government to provide them with basic social amenities in the town.
The Queen Mother, Obaapanyin Kosima in an interview with Alrich24newsgh.com news reporter Apelete Kofi-Michel particularly complained about the challenges of health insurance card, education and toilet facilities.
Alrich24newsg.blogspot.com news reporter Apelete Kofi-Michel checks have revealed that communities in the district lack basic social amenities such as health, environmental facilities and public places of convenience.
Brekumanso Electoral Area, has no public toilet and health facility have been a lot of challenges they have been facing years.
The Queen Mother indicated that, the absence of public toilet facilities leaves them with limited options, as they are forced to defecate in the bush and have been practicing open defecation.
They want authorities to help construct modern public toilet facilities for them and pointed out a lot of challenges when it comes to issues related to health, water and access to toilet facilities.
The Queen Mother explained that they need to build a toilet facility here since it is even shameful if someone is to visit us, we are forced to go to the forest and dig in order to ease ourselves.
If you don’t dig and you are caught doing open defecation, you will be in trouble.
This makes living here at Brekumanso very uncomfortable. We are therefore appealing to the government to help build a toilet facility for us, the Queen Mother appealed.
She again siad, the town is in need of urgent Company in the area so that the youth can get a job. According to Obaapanyn Kosima, the situation gets worse during emergency situations. In order to address these challenges, the situation has compelled the residents of Brekumanso to build their own toilet facility because they cannot rely on the government.
She therefore called on the government to support them towards the project and facilities they need.
Brekumanso Queen Mother, Obaapanyin Kosima I, also expressed concern about the increasing number of teenage pregnancy cases in the area.
According to her, the situation has become a major societal problem and called on all stakeholders to help address it, so as to create a brighter future for the youth.
She noted that, the cases of teenage pregnancy in Brekumanso has become prevalent to the extent that girls who were supposed to be in school to be molded have become mothers, and still depending on their parents, because they have been dropped out of school and have no skills to earn them a living, She said.
Brekumanso Chiefs and Elders also pointed out that, education is the only key to social and economic independence in every society, and urged the youth to change their attitude towards education, by taking their lessons seriously to secure a better future for themselves.
They also charged parents to live up to their responsibilities by ensuring that they provide the educational needs of their wards. They said.
Story by Kofi Michel/ Alrich24newsgh.com
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