Yawmosi and Amanpensa Residents Drink Muddy Water with Animals

Residents of Yawmosi and Amanpensa, a predominantly farming community about 4km from Kyekyerewere in the Afigya Kwabre North District of the Ashanti region are been served with muddy water, with a major part filled with pond scum.

The health-threaten water which serves over 250 residents is shared by both humans and animals, particularly cows and inhabitants are heavily consumed by persons since they have no option but to succumb to its usage.

Inhabitants of the communities told Soireenews that it has been their only source of water for decades and are appealing to the District Assembly and the Member of Parliament (MP) for the area to come to their aid.

Isaka Adama, a rice farmer told that since people in the surrounding communities are solely agriculturalists, water plays an essential part in their lives yet its condition heavily affects them because their trade requires strength and if their source of invigoration is contaminated, it gives them no joy to work hard.

He bemoaned that lots of people are receiving treatment at the hospitals therefore if the government does not come to their aid, they will give up on their large agricultural production.

"We have no water to drink. we share drinking water with cows and it's really affecting our living here," he said.

"The water dries up in the dry season leaving us with no option than to go to Kyekyerewere to buy water to drink. Some people have been admitted at the hospital because of the muddy water and we are calling unto the authorities to help us."

He also pleaded on behalf of fellows to reduce the prices of fertilizers to purchase more to aid their farm work.

"The fertilisers used in rice farming was 100Gh in 2020 but this year it has been increased to 450Gh, and it has been a challenge for us to buy.

"We are all Ghanaians and why must we suffer whiles others enjoy in this country," they quizzed.