DESPITE being endowed with vast fertile land, which supports the cultivation of varied cash crops such as cocoa, oil palm, maize, cashew, chilly (black pepper), coconut and cassava, the Asikuma Traditional Area lacks the needed investment to accelerate the development of the area.
It is for this reason that the Omanhene of the area, Nana Amoakwa Boudu VIII, has left no stone unturned since his installation to attract investors to the area.
For a start, under his leadership and with the active collaboration of the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District Assembly and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr P.C. Appiah-Ofori, a stakeholders conference has been organised at Breman Asikuma to find ways of attracting investment to the area to speed up its development.
The Breman Development Conference, which attracted prominent citizens from the area, was on the theme: “Uniting for accelerated development,” and brought together stakeholders within and outside the area, to deliberate on a number of issues affecting the development of the area.
The forum offered the participants an opportunity to provide information leading to a resolution for a five-year strategic plan for the district.
It was aimed at establishing partnership with the district assembly to implement decisions of the forum.
The forum also afforded the participants the chance to market the district’s available investment opportunities.
At the ceremony, Nana Amoakwa Boadu thanked the people for rallying behind to his peaceful installation.
He said he was prepared to lead the people to undertake projects to create jobs and reduce poverty in the area.
Nana Amoakwa Boadu said his other priority would be to improve upon education and the health delivery in the area, and therefore, advised the people to avoid disputes because they retarded development.
He urged the chiefs and land owners to be prepared to release land to investors to undertake investments.
Nana Amoakwa Boadu entreated the people to unite, live in peace and harmony for the progress of their communities.
The MP, Mr Appiah-Ofori, said he welcomed the moves by the Omanhene to mobilise the people and resources for the development of the area.
He said since the government alone could not develop the country, it behoved chiefs to mobilise their people to complement the efforts of the government.
Mr Appiah-Ofori stated that he would support efforts to revive the chilly project he initiated to generate revenue and employment for the people in the area.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa, Ms Georgina Aboah Nkrumah, pledged the assembly’s support for the Omanhene.
The participants in the forum called for the establishment of business and technical schools, a college of education and a nurses’ training college in the district.
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