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Nana Kwadwo Koba III, head of Eshiem, said the community needed a police station, a market, a high school and a permanent garbage dump.
He said the police station request was aimed at ensuring security and protection in the area and keeping criminals out of the community.
According to locals, there has been an increase in crime, with rampant break-ins and illegal entry into homes, and theft of cocoa beans dried up by strangers, causing fear and panic among the population.
The chief said that the only police station in the region is located in Akroso, far from the region.
Nana Kwadwo Koba appealed at a social audit forum organized by the District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) to promote community ownership of development projects and policies district.
The forum, which brought together leaders, identifiable groups, traditional authorities and youth groups, also aimed to raise citizens' awareness of the functioning of the Assembly and to empower them to demand that those responsible should accounts.
She has followed the success of the district-wide outreach activities on the EU-sponsored Accountability, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Program (PARAP). to deepen citizens' knowledge of corruption and accountability.
Social auditing involves integrating all citizen groups into the decision-making process, paying particular attention to vulnerable and marginalized groups in society.
At the same time, the district CNCE also sensitized a number of identifiable groups, including traditional authorities, women's groups and faith-based organizations, including various communities, as part of the second phase of ARAP.
In a speech, Mrs. Rejoyce Biscoff, Director of the National Statistics Center of the City of Birim, who also serves as Acting Director of the Asene Manso Akroso District, declared transparent, effective, efficient and guided by the rule by right.
Ms. Biscoff said that such civic engagement between citizens and civil servants helped to deepen the country's local government system, baderting that participatory democracy took place when people participated in the decision-making process.
Mr. Cephas Atido, City Manager of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (Birim Central Central Municipal), said that corruption manifested over the years various institutions of the country.
He said that the effects of corruption were so numerous in the country and that the fight against corruption required the collective efforts of all.
Mr. Atido added that every Ghanaian must know that it was the national and constitutional duty to denounce corrupt practices by individuals and institutions denouncing alleged acts of corruption to the authorities. police officers.
The Assembly member for the region, Mr. Ebenezer Arkorh congratulated the CNCE for extending its social audit program to other communities.
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