Regional News of Wednesday, 5 January 2022<\/p>\n
Source: <\/strong>kasapafmonline.com<\/p>\n 2022-01-05<\/p>\n The Assembly Member for the Afful Nkwanta Electoral Area in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, is appealing to government and security agencies to check increasing criminal activities in and around the Kumasi Children\u2019s park.<\/p>\n According to Daniel Otuo Acheampong, with the support of Zongo Police command, they pick at least two dead bodies every month from the abandoned children\u2019s recreational centre as the facility houses criminals.<\/p>\n Speaking to EIB Network\u2019s Ashanti Regional Correspondent, Isaac Justice Bediako, the Assembly members said, \u201cevery two weeks I pick one dead body meaning averagely I call the Zongo police command to pick two dead bodies monthly\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n He explained this is because the criminals feel very safe in the dilapidated library of the abandoned facility which is serving as their home.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are a lot of armed robbers and thieves around this building, they are trigger happy and have been shooting people here for their bags and phones. Some of the criminals also die here when they survive robbery attack in unsuccessful robbery operations when they sustain injuries\u2019\u2019 he disclosed.<\/p>\n He disclosed, in 2020 former Education Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh signed a contract with Ghana Library Board to renovate the park. A heap of sand was brought to begin the project but the contractor packed off without any explanation from the educational ministry as to why the project has stalled.<\/p>\n He said, \u201cthe abandoned Kumasi Children Park is creating a lot of trouble for my electoral area, we are not safe. All we wish is for the government and the Kumasi city management to renovate the facility to check crime. Nothing more\u2019\u2019 he pleaded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Regional News of Wednesday, 5 January 2022 Source: kasapafmonline.com 2022-01-05 Kumasi Children\u2019s Park The Assembly Member for the Afful Nkwanta Electoral Area in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, is appealing to government and security agencies to check increasing criminal activities in and around the Kumasi Children\u2019s park. According to Daniel Otuo Acheampong, with the support […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":736575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-736572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736572\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Kumasi](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/91724165.295.jpg\" "\\"Kumasi")
Kumasi Children\u2019s Park<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n