The Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly has ordered National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo to stop dredging gutters in the municipality.
According to Mr. Dumelo, the Assembly communicated to him over the weekend to halt the move for failing to seek permission from the outfit before the commencement of the activity.
“They told me to stop the work that I’m doing and report to their office so that I formally seek permission to dredge the gutter in West Legon,” he told GhanaWeb.
Dumelo smells something fishy as he stated in the interview that “I suspect it’s an attempt to frustrate my efforts. The people have complained over the years for the gutter to be desilted because when it rains it floods, and when it floods, properties and lives are lost. I can’t sit there unconcerned. I must listen to my people and take action.”
On June 10, Dumelo began facilitating the dredging of a big gutter at West Legon. The decision to start work on dredging the gutter, he said, was informed by a promise he made to the community when he paid a visit to assess the discomfort residents face whenever it rains.
The politician admitted the dredging will not solve the issue completely. The long-term plan, he indicated, is to raise the Christian Village bridge. According to him, “the bridge is low and so when it rains, all the debris and everything collects and that’s how come the water levels here rise up.
“This is Ayawaso West and it’s not fair. I’m an action person; once I said I’ll do it; I’ll do it to be able to help the people. To be honest, what we are doing today is not going to help the people 100% but it’s going to help them at least 30 or 40%,” he said at the scene, Wednesday.
Some members of the community excited about the development expressed gratitude to the politician for the effort to ease their plights.
On the back of the directive by the Assembly, Dumelo told GhanaWeb he is ready to do the needful because he has the interest of the residents at heart.
He said: “If per the assembly laws I have to seek permission to dredge I will, but if I don’t need any permission, I will continue to dredge and save lives.”
Attempts to get a response from the Assembly have proven futile.
Source: Ghanaweb
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John and his party has rule Ghana for more than 28 years and you put a comment that Accra is the dirtiest cities in world then talk to your pay master Mahama and his NDC when they are in power did they make Accra clean like UK. This is propaganda John is doing, its not today Accra become dirtiest city
John, much as i appreciate what you are doing, i still think you are doing it because you want power. had it not been the power you want, you wouldn't set foot there. but they should leave you to do your good work
John Dumelo, listen. What the residents need is education not to dump rubbish into the gutters and not distilling them. It is the role of local authorities hence they employ people. John should spend his money educating them and stop doing politics with them.
Now this government is doing it too much? Accra is one of the dirtiest cities in the world, and if someone is voluntarily dredging gutters to support, does he need a permit? With this attitude, how can you ask people for help when the need arises. It is high time they stopped the unnecessary victimization and discrimination. They should be reminded that they have been in government for nearly four years. They should stop this blatant show of childishness.