The Chief and Elders of Akuapem Larteh-Kubease in the Eastern Region have appealed to the government through the Ministry of Roads and Highways to fix their major roads to assist in the transportation of foodstuffs in the area to the surrounding communities and Accra.
The Chief and Elders of Larteh Kubease said the people of the communities along that stretch of the road, who were mostly farmers, were having serious problems of transporting their food items to the marketing centers and that the situation was affecting their livelihood.
The road from Akropong roundabout to Larteh is in a deplorable state. The unconstructed bypass road in the community leads to gridlock in streets during funerals and occasions.
Addressing the media, the Chiefs and elders of Larteh Kubease said the vicinity lacked potable water, feeder roads, public Toilet and accommodation for their service personnel.
Larteh Akuapem is the capital of the Benkum Division of the Akuapem Traditional Council.
The chief of Larteh Kubease, Nana Acheampong Agyemfra vi bemoaned the abandoned uncompleted Library project dotted in Larteh Kubease which require the central government and Municipal assembly’s intervention to have it completed to improve access to quality education within the area.
Nana Agyemfra also appealed to government to expand and increase the capacity of Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL) pumping stations and extend pipelines in the region to Akuapem Larteh to supply potable water to all the communities along that stretch.
The Larteh Kubease chief further called on all stakeholders to do all in their power to reverse the continued deterioration in morality among the youth to ensure the proper development of the country.
Nana Acheampong Agyemfra vi said moral decadence in the youth had greatly contributed to many vices in the society, stressing that the situation could endanger the proper growth of the country.
According to him, homosexuality, promiscuity among the youth, armed robbery and disrespect for authority were as a result of breakdown of moral values in contemporary Ghana and if nothing was done about it, it would affect the future of the country.
He said parents, teachers and religious leaders should ensure children are disciplined and duty-conscious in whatever they did.
He made particular reference to the Akuapem Traditional Area where discipline was part and parcel of their lives and religiously inculcated in the youth.
He said this traditional discipline amongst Akuapems had also been greatly affected by the general decadence in the country.
He therefore called on the Akuapems to lead the crusade to help reverse the trend of moral decadence among the youth by exhibiting moral virtues known of Akuapems.
The Kubease chief called on politicians to lead exemplary lives and ensure a clean campaign during next year’s general elections.
