The Municipal Chief Executive for Ketu South – Maxwell Kofi Lugudor, has hinted of the construction of a police station at Aflao-Gakli, a predominantly Zongo community near Diamond cement factory in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta region.
According to the MCE, the construction of the police station which will commence in 4 months, has become necessary due to the rampant security issues and criminal activities that have engulfed the area in recent times.
Lugudor gave the hint during a community engagement with the chiefs, elders and opinion leaders of the community to discuss some pressing issues affecting the community which had recently become a commercial center due to its burstling clothing and meat market.
Among issues discussed were sanitation, smuggling of goods such as rice and cement which were transported illegally from Ghana to Togo and vice versa through unapprved routes popularly known as “beats”, Economic trade in the area with the acceptance of CEDI and CFA, Property rates and building permits, among other security and developmental issues.
Lugudor stated that in few weeks, a site possession will be conducted to make way for the contractor to commence work. On sanitation issues, he said, refuse containers will be supplied to the community to address isuues of hygiene.
Again, the MCE, promised that in the future, the ‘Gakli Fine Boy’ Market will be expanded with the construction of roads to further open up the area to commercial activities.
Speaking on behalf of the market women, the Gakli Market Queen who only gave her name as Mama G, expressed joy about the move to construct the police station which she described as timely, she was hopeful that upon completion, it will curb issues of theft and robbery in the market and the rest of the community.
Assemblyman for the Gakli electoral area, Gabriel Ayitevi, also expressed gratitude for the project but appealed for the addition of a CHPS compound or hospital to help address the health needs of Gakli and its surrounding communities.
The MCE was accompanied by various heads of departments of the Assembly, representatives of the various security agencies, as well as other stakeholders.
By Leo Nelson