The Paramount Chief of the Chiana traditional area who doubles as the current president of the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs, Naba Ditundini Adiali Thomas-More has expressed frustration over the demarcation of his district.
Naba Ditundini Adiali Thomas-More, raised the issue when the Upper East Regional Minister Stephen Yakubu paid him a courtesy visit to his palace
“In the event where there is going to be demarcation in the region, it is the only side of the region that is not properly demarcated. You will all appreciate the fact that we need to be connected to the rest of towns within, constructing a road from Kayoro, Bindaa then to Paga, well and good perfect, no argument about it, we all love it. We have a market in Chiana where our sisters who speak Kassem cross a certain river the Bindaa, Gbanu, and other areas doing business with us.
According to the Paramount Chief, if someone is seriously sick in any of the communities under Chiana electoral area, they will never refer that patient to Paga hospital.
“We will never refer that person to the Paga hospital, never we will dream that we want to refer a patient from this enclave to Paga, we will never do that. The nearby community to us is Sandema. If Sandema doesn’t have the necessary facility to carter for that person, we go to Navrongo then, Bolga to Tamale which is our teaching hospital.
He said the situation affects all of them because their brothers and sisters who want to come to Chiana have similar problems.
“Our brothers and sisters who are in sirigu, mirigu, kandiga are facing a similar problem. Look at Yua, in the middle of Kassena Nankana West doing business with Navrongo Municipal Assemble, very awkward. Look at the current problem we are facing, I have been stopped there severally going to sirigu, the Doba/ Kandiga issue, if we have taken the time and demarcate this place properly… You see the demarcation doesn’t affect the traditional and cultural practices. Let’s do something so that we can be happy as a region”.
He blamed the kind of politics played in the Region, which in most cases always denied the people of Upper East what is due them as development.
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