According to the chief, Nana Owusu Damoa, the deplorable nature of the four-ki­lometre Ntanko to Boabeng road linking Nkoranza main road to the town was driving away tourists, first time visitors and potential ones to the Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctu­ary , thereby denying the state a substantial revenue.

He lamented that the Boabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary was one of the eco- tour­ism sites which had gained international repute, and must be developed to rake in more revenue for the local economy and the tourism ministry.

Nana Owusu Damoa disclosed this to the Ghanaian Times during a ceremony to pres­ent medical equipment to the Boabeng Com­munity-based and Health Planning Services (CHPS) compound at Boabeng on Friday.

The chief said the ongoing renovation exercises at targeted tourism sites such as Kintampo Waterfalls, Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, among others, in the country by the Ghana Tourism Authority should be extended to the Boabeng-Fiema monkey sanctuary to give the place a face lift.

“We need recreational facilities as an addition onto the monkey sanctuary for the tourists who intend to spend some days at the facility,” the chief noted.

He called for projects, such as accommo­dation facilities for tourists, and library proj­ect embarked upon by the Authority, which had been abandoned, to be revisited.

According to him all efforts to have the problem addressed by state authorities had yielded no results.