The late Member of Parliament for Kumawu, Philip Basoah, pledged to revamp roads in his communities before his demise, according to the Mayor of Kumasi in the Ashanti region, Samuel Pyne.
This comes on the back of the district capital of the Sekyere Kumawu district in Ashanti region township roads being asphalted days to the Sekyere Kumawu Constituency’s by-election on 23rd May 2023.
Work is also progressing steadily at Woraso, Bodomase, Besoro, and Kumawu-Effiduase highway as contractors work day and night to meet the deadline given to the project.
Commenting on the development on Morning Starr with Francis Abban Monday, May 22, 2023 Mr. Pyne indicated that development is a continuing thing hence the on-going construction in the area.
“It is not because of the by-election that’s why Kumawu roads are being fixed. The Ejisu to Kumawu road was in two phases, the first phase was from Ejisu to Juaben and the second phase from Juaben to Kumawu. Your reporters who were there saw that work had commenced not from Kumawu but from the Juaben end which passes through parts of Juaben constituency then Effiduase constituency before the Kumawu constituency.
“So would anyone want to tell me that because of Kumawu we are doing the three constituencies? If you check from the records even the Paramount Chief of Kumawu put it straight when this matter came up that the last time that they had a durbar and the MP (late Basoah) came to address them. He stated categorical that works on the Kumawu were going to be commenced by April this year (2023),” Mr. Pyne stated.
He continued: “But it was unfortunate that he is gone but that is the situation. When the road minister addressed the media he reiterated that point. So if people want to associate that to the by-election and other comments that are not palatable and even wishing that their MP die. It’s an unfortunate thing.”