Let’s rebrand Kasoa to attract investors – MP says as she celebrates Eid with Muslims

Kasoa Member of Parliament, Phillis Naa Koryoo Okunnor has pledged to tackle developmental issues confronting Zongo communities in the Awutu Senya East Constituency.

Issues such as water, roads and employment according to the MP are prioritized on her agenda.

She was speaking to 3News.com at this year’s Eid ul-Fitr festival observed to mark the end of the month-long fasting period by Muslims.

“We have endured these challenges for far too long and it’s about time we dealt with them. I’ve began steps to addressing our water challenges as well as improve some important roads. We are very committed to addressing challenges in our Zongo communities,” she said.

Naa Koryooo also called on the people of Kasoa to support her agenda to “rebrand the area to attract investors” and want the people to avoid engaging in violence, which according to her scares off investors.

In a related development, three persons sustained injuries with one in critical state as the celebration of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival turned chaotic in Kasoa.

Two rival youth groups from Walantu and Odupongkpehe Zongo, two Muslim dominated communities in the central part of Kasoa who “had an existing feud” clashed during a street carnival organized to climax the celebration of the Eid, according to a relative to one of the victims who got critically wounded.

Though the groups had the misunderstanding “the fasting period prevented them from engaging in a fight and the intervention of community leaders also seemed to have put the matter to rest”- Mohammed Ousman told 3News.com.

An injured victim, a female, said “I was having fun with my friends when the violence suddenly erupted. I felt a sharp cut on my hand”

Police’s swift reaction following the clash led to the arrest of one person detained and assisting in investigations at the CBD police station in Kasoa. A hammer and other dangerous implements have also been retrieved by police.

3News.com’s sources in the police said the members of the youth groups carried on them various weapons including well sharpened machetes to the carnival.

Efforts are underway to apprehend other possible suspects who are linked to the street fight.

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