This whole process started when Kenyasi Graduate and
student union and Omanbotantim Association started demanding Sustainable
Development Committee to come and render account to the community to know the amount
we have left in accounts and the project plan for. It was also as a result of
project being undertook without the consent of the community like building of
Roman Catholic School and the Durbar grounds.
Letters were circulated to Sustainable Development
Committee inviting them for a meeting and they never responded and their
reasons were that these bodies cannot invite them for any meeting. This
continue for some time till we visited the paces and informed the chief of what
was going and if care was not taken something serious was going to happened.
The chief therefore invited all the bodies involved
and a meeting was scheduled. Sustainable Development Committee were asked to
render accounts to the entire community and before that a letter was sent to
Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation by Kenyasi Graduate and Student Union in
collaboration with Omanbotantim demanding update of all our financial statement
and Subsequently it was given. However, the information we wanted like the
pre-job training aspect were not provides and we insisted and finally it was
provided by Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation.
The accounts rending lasted for more than two month
without Sustainable Development Committee able to furnish she community with
every information needed. Concerning the pre-job where each applicant were
given One Thousand Two hundred Ghana Cedis (GH¢1,200.00) and Eight Hundred
Ghana Cedis (GH¢800.00) for fitting and thing for males and Hairdressing and
seamstress for females respectively.
Within 6 months of the exercise, the pre-job alone
had consumed Seventy Eight Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢78,000.00). Within the days
of accounts some community citizens who already applied and was subsequently
waiting for their support they have already received their support. Other too
confirmed that instead of GH¢1,200.00 and GH¢800.00, they were been given
33.33% of the support. This GH¢400.00 and GH¢260.00 respectively.
All this were done by the youth chairman and
Assemblyman representative, Oppong Bernard and Hon. Dallas Tawiah respectively.
However, the Chairman who supposed to sign every document before it approval
every even informed about introduction of pre-job Training not to talk of
signing proposal against it.
Committee is to be set which has been long overdue
to probe into this matter. However, the entire Sustainable Development
Committee has been asked to withhold their activities for new-members whilst
they are being investigated upon.
Presented by
Oman Kofi Adusei
Public Relation Officer of Omanbotantim Association
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