By Kekeli K. Blamey
Residents of Dorfor-Kome, a farming and fishing community in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region, have made a heartfelt appeal to the government for essential services including electricity, potable water, classroom blocks, and a health facility.
Apart from a three-unit pavilion structure built over 60 years ago, the community has seen no other developmental projects from both past and current governments.
Togbe Adekafoe II, the Chief of Dorfor-Kome, told A&C Empire Radio that the community has produced a commendable workforce, including teachers, headmasters, police, and military personnel. However, the government’s inability to provide the island with power and other social amenities has led many residents to migrate.
“Rural–urban migration has increased over the years, reducing our population to less than five hundred,” he said. Togbe Adekafoe emphasized the urgent need for government support to revitalize the community’s educational, health, and socioeconomic activities.
Reverend Jonathan Anyrakotoku, another community leader, expressed concerns that the main sources of income, crop and fish farming, need improvement. He called on Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, and Mr. Divine Fenu, the North Tongu District Chief Executive, to collaborate and ensure the provision of electricity and other essential developmental initiatives.
Reverend Desmond Seledzi, headteacher of Dorfor-Kome Basic School, highlighted the impact of the lack of electricity, potable water, classroom blocks, and a health facility. He noted that many teachers and health workers posted to Dorfor-Kome have refused to stay due to these deficiencies, which are crippling the community’s development.
Dr. Savior Yaw Eleblu, the Parliamentary Candidate for the New Patriotic Party in North Tongu Constituency, also pledged to engage the DCE and other relevant stakeholders to support the residents.
The residents of Dorfor-Kome continue to hope for prompt government intervention to improve their living conditions and halt the exodus of their people.
