A group identifying itself as Concerned Residents of Kasoa has voiced its dissatisfaction with the tendency to attribute criminal activities and misdeeds to their community.
The concerned residents emphasized that even when certain troubling crimes occurred in neighboring communities, they were unjustly linked to Kasoa.
Mr. Akwasi Addo, a convenor representing the Concerned Residents of Kasoa, expressed how this situation negatively impacts the area, limiting their prospects for progress.
During an interview on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5FM, he urged Ghanaians to refrain from such attributions.
Mr. Addo’s comments came in response to the shooting and subsequent death of a soldier amidst a land dispute in Millennium City, which some have erroneously claimed falls within Kasoa’s jurisdiction. However, Mr. Addo clarified that Millennium City is not situated in Kasoa.
“We are unhappy with the seeming deliberate effort to attribute any wrongdoing to Kasoa by the media and other individuals,” he said.
“Kasoa has been mentioned in publications regarding criminal and other bad happenings, even when those cases did not happen in the area. We have become more alarmed as the police, in a statement issued on the shooting of military personnel, expressly mentioned the location as Kasoa, even though the incident happened right at the District Police Command in Millennium City, which categorically falls under the Gomoa East District.”
“It must be noted that Millennium City, where the shooting took place, is natively known as Gomoa Bantama and falls directly under Gomoa Fetteh in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, while Kasoa falls within the Awutu Senya East Municipality.”
“This is unfortunate, and the bad name tag associated with Kasoa is affecting our business potential,” he added.
He urged the media and the Ghanaian public to refrain from automatically linking all criminal activities occurring in neighboring communities to Kasoa.
He emphasized the importance of vigilance when such incidents happen to prevent their community from being unjustly dragged into unwarranted negative publicity and reactions.