Dome (Ashanti Region) 2nd June '99

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Amansie West, Mr Anthony Boakye-Yiadom, has

expressed concern about the spate of Chieftaincy disputes in the area which, he says, has become a serious drawback to the development of the Constituency.

He said the intense rivalry and lack of co-operation resulting from the numerous Chieftaincy-related conflicts is at the moment holding up the release of royalties totalling about 140 million cedis meant for the area.

Mr Boakye-Yiadom was speaking at the commissioning of a 4.8 million-cedi hand-dug well fitted with a hand-pump at Dome, a farming community in the Amansie West District.

The project was financed through the MP's share of the common fund.

He reminded the people of the need to build bridges of co-operation, mutual respect and understanding, pointing out that there cannot be any significant progress in an atmosphere of disunity, mistrust and suspicion.

Mr Boakye-Yiadom advised them to bury all their differences and should focus on ways to pool the human and natural resources of the area to improve on their living conditions.

Mr Kwame Owusu Achaw, the Assembly member for the town, expressed appreciation to the MP for providing the community with good drinking water.