Assembly members deny media reports on construction of washing bay
Assembly Members and citizens of Battor have denied recent media report that they have called on the District Engineer of the North Tongu District Assembly (NTDA), Mr Ebenezer Yaw Adega, to stop building a washing bay on a water way.
According to them, the statement made by the Chairman of the Battor Citizens Development Association (BACIDA) Ex-WOI Bright Segbefia, was not the collective decision of BACIDA but only a group within it.
Reacting to Thursday, February 20, 2025 publication with the headline ‘Prevent assembly’s engineer from building on natural waterway’,’ the Assemblyman for Aveyime East Electoral Area, Mr Wisdom S.K Bobobee, said it was unfortunate that the chairman and few members of BACIDA failed to consider the implications of their actions on the development of the area.
Mr Bobobee denied the fact that the washing bay was being built on waterway.
He noted that the statement that Mr Adega was not a citizen of Battor was nothing but tribalistic, and this did not promote development, stressing that it was ill-fated that BACIDA Chairman and others decided to introduce tribalism into development of Battor.
He disclosed that the location of the washing bay was generally known to the community members as a hiding place for criminals and the establishment of the facility, which saw the extension of electricity to the area rather brought joy to the people since the criminals no longer operate there.
Mr Bobobee also stated that it was important for BACIDA members to work towards attracting investors, both local and international to support development of Battor.
“The establishment of the washing bay, made Mr Adega to employ eight of the unemployed youth in the town and more of Adega’s type of investment was needed to reduce youth unemployment,” he emphasised.
On his part, the Assemblyman for the Battor Electoral Area, Mr Jacob Glalah, debunked the assertion that BACIDA members were against the establishment of a washing bay at Battor –Agboganu by Mr Adega.
He said it was the right of every Ghanaian to invest in any part of the country, whether he or she hail from there or not.
Mr Glalah, therefore, called on investors to take advantage of the numerous investment opportunities such as agriculture in the Battor Traditional Area and invest in the area.
A businessman and a citizen of Area, Mr Nicholas Bordeha, who expressed outraged over the publication said citizens of Battor had never complained about the establishment of the washing bay.
He indicated that the few who were doing so were doing for the reasons best known to them, emphasising “The few complaining cannot and must not be misconstrued to mean citizens of Battor.”
FROM SAMUEL AGBEWODE, BATTOR-AGBOGANU
