“We Will Order Our Boys To Beat Politicians Who Campaign In Our Area” – Bia West Chiefs
Traditional leaders in the Bia District of the Western Region have threatened to order their youth to beat up politicians who will come to the area to campaign for votes in any upcoming elections. The traditional leaders have issued the threat because they believe government have failed in addressing their challenges. According to the leaders, they have not had their fair share of the national cake and so no politician should mount any campaign platform when the time approaches for the 2020 elections. The chiefs are also saying the district is one of the poorest in terms of developmental projects in the country. They claim that their major challenge is electricity and poor road network.They could have power interruption popularly known as dumsor for more than 20 times in a day without any prior notice and government has promised to solve the challenge but nothing has been done yet. The poor road network is also damaging vehicles and killing passengers through accident, they compla...