Bad name given to Kasoa blocking our business potential - Residents cry

Concerned residents of Kasoa have voiced their frustration over the misrepresentation of their community in response to recent media reports attributing criminal activities to the area.

This follows the shooting of military personnel at the District Police Command in Millennium City, which falls under the Gomoa East District in the Central Region.

Residents of the area are calling for accurate reporting and a cessation of the unwarranted association of Kasoa with criminal incidents.

Kasoa has unfairly become synonymous with crime, despite many incidents occurring outside our municipality,” the residents noted.

“As residents, we do not find it tasteful that the bad name tag is associated with Kasoa, as it is blocking our business potential,” they said.

It must be noted that the Millennium City, where the shooting took place, is natively known as Gomoa Bantama and falls directly under Gomoa Fetteh in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region, while Kasoa falls within the Awutu Senya East Municipality.

The residents entreated “all Ghanaians, particularly media organisations and state agencies, to do due diligence and avoid mentioning Kasoa other than the specific locations where crimes are perpetrated.”