Ada Youth cry for development

Some youth of Ada led by the executives of Ada Youth for Development have backed the Ada Traditional Council in its quest to bring development projects to the area after so many years of underdevelopment.

The youth who wielded placards and walked through some streets of Ada, last Friday, said that they would no longer sit aloof and allow only a handful of the people in the area to benefit from the Songor Lagoon (salt mining area) to the disadvantage of the silent majority.

Some of the placards read, “Songor is not for the selected few, Adas Are One, Ada needs Development, We the youth are for Development, Ada Must Shine Again and No jobs at Ada, among others.

Addressing a news conference, Mr. Ernest Kugblenu an Executive member said, “We the youth wish to say loudly that we are eager to see our communities and the lives of the people in out localities improved as such any company or individual that shares in this dream is our ally.

“Electrocherm has demonstrated in these few months that it is a partner that we can trust in this our desire for the development of Ada as the company has employed members of our communities, cleared a site to construct a sports stadium and promised to build schools, toilets, support women with loans, as well as build a befitting palace for the Chief and elders among others,” he said.

The youth appealed to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo through the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and the Military High Command to as a matter of urgency, deploy more personnel to the Ada Traditional Area to help combat the canker of indiscipline that had arisen since the takeover of the Songor Lagoon by Electrochem Ghana Limited for its proper development.

“We are also by this press briefing telling those who for their parochial interest would like to see this company fail, to rescind their decisions because such decisions would not see the light of day,” Mr. Kugblenu said.

Electrochem Ghana Limited is a subsidiary of Mcdan Group of Companies which has taken over salt mining in the Songor Lagoon in the Greater Accra Region.

From Castro Zangina-Tong, Ada