{"id":372831,"date":"2017-11-12T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T06:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=372831"},"modified":"2017-11-11T20:51:55","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T20:51:55","slug":"asawase-residents-protest-siting-of-bus-terminal-on-school-land","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/asawase-residents-protest-siting-of-bus-terminal-on-school-land\/","title":{"rendered":"Asawase residents protest siting of bus terminal on school land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Residents of Asawase in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region, have intensified their protest against a decision to use a parcel of land in the area for a bus terminal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The angry residents\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_1314788155\">on Saturday<\/span>\u00a0morning took to the streets to pour out their displeasure about the decision.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The residents burnt lorry tires amidst chanting in protest of the decision to use the land for an interim bus terminal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-372832\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/asa-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the aggrieved residents, the siting of the terminal in the midst of a cluster of schools will affect academic activities and endanger the lives of both teachers and students.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the residents who spoke to\u00a0<strong>Citi\u00a0News<\/strong>\u00a0said<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cWe are demonstrating for the interest of the community and not individual interests. This is a community school that we have with other clusters of schools surrounding this area and you want to turn this place into a bus terminal. Imagine you have a child here and they want to turn the place into a bus terminal so that the drivers will be shouting Boli, Tamale, and Walewale, how can these children have the concentration to learn?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-372835\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/asa-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another demonstrator said \u201cI met with the Ashanti Regional Peace Council here and told them everything concerning the park and they understood me. We are waiting to see what will happen here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proposed interim terminal, according to the Asokore Mampong Municipal Assembly (AMMA), is to aid the relocation of drivers from the Tamale station at Alabar.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-372836\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/asa-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An opinion leader in the area, Alhaji Baba Alhassan, says other alternatives must be considered since the residents are adamant in their opposition to the terminal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cYou see, those mates, they are hypocrites. They have been fighting among themselves and killing each other. So why do they want to bring them here? They cannot bring them here. If they bring them here, it is going to be a very big problem for us. So we will not understand and we will never understand why they want to bring them here\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-372834\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/asa-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All demarcation sketches posted at the site, have been destroyed by the residents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By: Hafiz Tijani\/Citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Asawase in the Asokore Mampong Municipality of the Ashanti Region, have intensified their protest against a decision to use a parcel of land in the area for a bus terminal. The angry residents\u00a0on Saturday\u00a0morning took to the streets to pour out their displeasure about the decision. 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