Update: Pramso residents demonstrate against Chief for alleged sale of cemetery land.

Residents at Pramso in the Bosomtwe district have demonstrated against their chief for the edged sale of the cemetery land to a private developer.

The inhabitants, ts on Tues, day April 5th, 2022, demonstrated against the chief Nana Gyanpon-Tua II to tell their grievances.

They say, the chief alleged cemetery the cemetery land leading to the exhumationcorpseser 250 corpses leads to their demonstration.

The chief of Pramso in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti region Nana Gyanpon-Tua II has ordered the exhumation of some remains buried at the community's cemetery. 

The new given location for burial which is instructed by the chief is a riverside located t pramso in the Ashanti Region. the 

According to the report, the chief has sold the old cemetery to a private developer for personal use. 

In an engagement with the Assembly Member of the area Honourable. Owusu sekyere he disclosed that over two hundrcorpses fifty corpses have been exhumed o far since last month.

According to him, the chief based on his personal interest has allegedly sold the cemetery land to a private developer for two million cedis. 

Meanwhile, Residents in the community says they see something fishy regarding the intention of selling cemetery land to a private developer.

According to them, they believed Manhyia would only permit the Chief to clear a portion of the cemetery for road construction being undertaken by Kofi Job construction but not to clear the entire cemetery for personal use.

They have threatened to resist any attempt to continue the exhumation of buried bodies as instructed by the Chief because it's against the customs and traditions of the area.

The exercise which was carried out without strict monitoring and supervision from health experts is likely to spark health implications within the community.

The Bosomtwe district assembly is yet to respond to the issue at the time of filing this report.