Awulae Attibrukusu and other chiefs at the press conference
The chiefs of Upper and Lower Axim traditional areas in
the Western Region have highly commended President Akufo-Addo for ensuring that
Axim had its fair share of the national cake which had eluded residents of the
area for years.
They mentioned the construction of the Axim Sea Defence
Wall, fishing harbour, mini sports stadium and youth centre, including the
construction of an ultra-modern DVLA office, as some of the laudable projects
in the area.
Besides, they mentioned the fixing of pavement blocks at
Victoria Park in front of Fort St. Anthonio by the current government, and a
host of unprecedented ongoing developmental projects in the ancient fishing
town.
The chiefs have, therefore, pledged their support to the Akufo-Addo government since,
according to them, it is ensuring that Axim becomes one of the most developed
towns in the country.
At a joint news conference at Axim on Wednesday, the
Paramount Chief of Lower Axim Traditional Area, Awulae Attibrukusu III,
appealed to the government to ignore calls from the chief of Nsein, near Axim,
to halt the construction of the fishing harbour because the area where the
project was taking place belonged to his traditional area.
According to Awulae Attibrukusu, the Chief of Nsein,
Awulae Agyefi Kwame, speaking at a Kundum festival in his area recently, ‘falsely’
claimed among other things that the land on which the harbour project was being
constructed, as well as the Fort St. Anthonio, was part of his area.
However, the Lower Axim paramount chief said on
Wednesday that “we the chiefs and people of Axim find the comments by the Nsein
chief distasteful and unfortunate. One would have expected that if Nana Nsein harboured
any grievances he would have ventilated them at the appropriate quarters, the
courts.”
He pointed out that the land on which the Fort stood as
well as the adjoining Victoria Park belonged to the Majoley family of Upper
Axim and that there were documents to support it. He asked the Nsein chiefs to
go to court if they were indeed the owners of the land.
He described all the ongoing projects in the Axim area
as viable economic projects that would be beneficial to Axim and all
surrounding towns including Nsein.
He said “our primary duty as chiefs should be the
welfare of our people, and how to bring social and economic development in our
areas to help eradicate poverty.”
Present were the acting Paramount Chief of Upper Axim, Nana Kwaw Tendele, and the Abusuapanyin of Majole family of Upper Axim, Panyinli Ayisi.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Axim
