Awutus renewed their call for separate district assembly

Awutu Beraku, C/R, July 1, GNA - The chiefs and people of Awutu Traditional Area on Sunday renewed their appeal to President John Agyekum Kufuor to create a new district for Awutu.

They said the creation of the new district assembly would help to improve the living standards of the people.Nana Ekow Odetey, Mbrantehene of Awutu Beraku and Mr Stanley Quaye, President of Awutu Emasa Youth Association, said this when Mr Solomon Quarshie Abbam-Quaye, the District Chief Executive for Awutu-Effutu-Senya, joined them to undertake a clean up exercise on Sunday at Awutu Beraku.

They said the population of Awutu Beraku, Bawjiase and Kasoa qualify them for a separate district."The district is too large to be administered by one district assembly and the resources from the central government cannot reach every corner of the district however fairly distributed by the authorities."

Mr Quaye appealed to the district assembly to help extend electricity and water to new developed areas of Awutu Beraku. He said the association, with own its meagre resources, built five pit latrines in the town and appealed to the DCE to help supply them iron sheets to roof them.Mr Abbam-Quaye said the administrators of the district agreed to the creation of the new district but it was the prerogative of the President todecide on the matter.He said the government was doing everything possible to improve infrastructure in the district and that the time had for the people to learn to initiate development projects instead of relying on the government all the time.