The Dufia of the community, Togbui Kodadza VI said this was more pressing, considering the soaring number of visitors from various part of the world to Liati-Wote, adding it was also time the roads leading to the community were fixed.
He made the appeal on Good Friday, during a clean-up and health screening, as part of activities marking Easter in the area.
Togbui Kodadza said the excited holiday makers were always eager to contact their families back home, but weak cellular communication signals often prevented them from doing so.
“We hope the telecommunications companies will come to our aid as soon as possible,” he said.
Liati-Wote is home to large herds of antelopes, herds of deer, grass cutters, snakes, tortoises, colourful butterflies, wild cats, monkeys, hedgehogs, moguls and other creatures.
He maintained a dependable cellular network would also enable farmers in the community to build strong marketing networks to supply their harvests to traders elsewhere.
The exceptionally clean community is on record for the bountiful production of cocoa, cassava, oil palm, rice and maize without the use of chemicals on the farms.
The chief called for the upgrading of the local CHPS Compound into a clinic to attend to holidaymakers who may fall ill.
“Recently, one visitor suffered a fit and the CHPS Compound did not readily have the needed medication to attend to him,” he added.
Girl child education
On girl child education, Togbui Kodadza said since the community took a bold step last year to regularly engage the service of civic educators to talk to girls on the need to go school, teenage pregnancies at Liati-Wote had fallen drastically.
“There is only case of teenage pregnancy in the community this year, as against 21, last year,” he told the Daily Graphic.
Togbui Kodadza re-affirmed the community’s stance to always maintain a high standard of sanitation and protect the environment, to promote health and vibrant tourism at Liati-Wote, which is home to the highest peak in Ghana, the 885-metre high Mount Afadja; the captivating Tagbo Falls and the Twin Mountain.
Tourists
Meanwhile, the Site Manager of the Afadjato Tagbo Eco-Tourism Centre, Albert Tawiah, told the Daily Graphic that between January and February this year, 1,165 tourists from Germany, Spain, Holland, Nigeria and Benin visited the mountain and the water fall, and that brought a revenue of GH¢47,057 to the community.
He said last year, 8,807 tourists from Spain, Holland, USA, Italy, Belgium and Columbia visited Liati-Wote, bringing a revenue of GH¢275,621.
Mr Tawiah said the community realised GH¢211, 927 from 8,834 visitors from various parts of the world.
As part of measures to keep the community clean all the time, it is still forbidden to keep dogs at Liati-Wote, where noise making is a serious offence, except during festivals and funerals.
Liati-Wote, with a population of about 2,350, is also known for its recycling centre where waste rubber is transformed into other products such as bags, rain-coat and headgears.
Source:
www.graphic.com.gh