Youth
in
Axim,
in
the
Nzema-East
Municipality
of
the
Western
Region,
have
issued
a
two-week
ultimatum
to
the
President
to
allow
the
use
of
a
95%
completed
stadium
that
has
been
abandoned
and
left
to
deteriorate.
The
stadium
promised
to
the
community,
has
been
locked
and
left
unused
for
years,
with
its
facilities,
including
VVIP
areas
and
goalposts,
falling
into
disrepair.
Speaking
to
Channel
One
News
during
the
demonstration,
the
Leader
of
the
Axim
Youth,
Jonas
Kwabutey
said
the
Axim
Youth
have
no
place
to
play
but
the
new
seats
and
ceiling
installed
at
the
stadium
are
all
rotting
away
due
to
the
years
of
abandonment
hence
gave
the
President
up
to
29th
July
to
intervene
or
face
their
wrath.
He
said
they
submitted
a
petition
two
months
ago,
which
was
ignored
by
the
Municipal
Chief
Executive
(MCE),
Eric
Essien.
“They
promised
to
construct
a
multipurpose
sports
stadium
for
us.
As
I’m
talking
now,
if
you
enter
the
stadium,
you
can
see
that
all
the
things
are
rotting.
They
have
done
the
VVIP,
they’ve
mounted
the
goalpost,
all
the
necessary
facilities,
they’ve
done
it
but
they’ve
locked
it
and
everything
is
rotting,
so
we
are
poised
to
demonstrate.”
“All
we
are
telling
them
is
this,
we
submitted
our
petition,
which
was
two
months
ago,
and
the
MCE
didn’t
call
us,
and
he
didn’t
even
show
up.
We
wrote
a
request
for
a
police
escort,
but
they
didn’t
even
mind
us.
“The
reason
why
we
are
today
is
we
are
sending
a
signal
to
the
government
that
the
stadium,
whether
commissioned
or
not
commissioned,
must
use
it.
And
we
have
given
up
to
29
July,
that’s
the
ultimatum.”
The
MCE,
Eric
Essien
in
response
to
the
concerns
expressed
sadness
over
the
decaying
stadium
but
said
he
has
contacted
the
Regional
Minister
to
get
the
Contractor
who
has
abandoned
the
site
over
non-payment
of
work
done
to
return
by
August.
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