Let’s join together to promote development in Zongos

Regional news for Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Source: GNA

2020-10-06

The tribal chiefs and leaders of the Zongo communities have been encouraged to brainstorm and present a comprehensive plan to develop the Zongo communities.

Alhaji Usman Ahmed, head of the Fulani community in the Ashanti region, who made the call, said it was time for tribal leaders to remove parish and sectional interest and come together to propose a master plan that helps promote the development of Zongo communities for political parties for implementation.

This, according to him, was the only way to stop the abandonment of Zongos by successive governments.

Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Kumasi, Alhaji Ahmed noted that the perceived divisions between tribal leaders and imams in the Zongo communities were the cause of the neglect and neglect of the Zongo communities along the way. over the years.

Alhaji Ahmed, who was reacting to alleged recent political and tribal divisions among Zongo chiefs and imams in the metropolis of Kumasi, said that the perceived divisions had affected the development and improvement of people’s living conditions in the communities. of Zongo.

“As tribal chiefs and imams, our primary focus must be promoting a development agenda that helps lift our people from their current state of hopelessness and despair, especially among the youth, to a more secure and brighter future for our people. “, He said. emphasized.

He said that the Zongo communities have bright and knowledgeable people who care about the development of their communities and are prepared to lead in presenting ideas and suggestions that would propel the Zongo communities into first-class partnerships.

What was needed was the initiative of tribal leaders to come together and forge a united front to present the Zongo development agenda to force governments to implement to help improve living conditions in Zongo communities.