Daniel Dzirasah
According to the chief, Nana Owusu Damoa, the deplorable
nature of the four-kilometre Ntanko to Boabeng road linking Nkoranza main road
to the town was driving away tourists, first time visitors and potential ones
to the Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary , thereby denying the state a substantial
revenue.
He lamented that the Boabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary was one
of the eco- tourism sites which had gained international repute, and must be
developed to rake in more revenue for the local economy and the tourism
ministry.
Nana Owusu Damoa disclosed this to the Ghanaian Times during
a ceremony to present medical equipment to the Boabeng Community-based and
Health Planning Services (CHPS) compound at Boabeng on Friday.
The chief said the ongoing renovation exercises at targeted
tourism sites such as Kintampo Waterfalls, Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, among
others, in the country by the Ghana Tourism Authority should be extended to the
Boabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary to give the place a face lift.
"We need recreational facilities as an addition onto
the monkey sanctuary for the tourists who intend to spend some days at the
facility," the chief noted.
He called for projects, such as accommodation facilities for
tourists, and library project embarked upon by the Authority, which had been
abandoned, to be revisited.
According to him all efforts to have the problem addressed
by state authorities had yielded no results.