Ghanaian socialite, Afia Schwarzenegger, has expressed frustration about the lack of development in the Ashanti Region.

She criticized the residents for not being concerned about the region's slow progress and highlighted issues such as deplorable roads and the incomplete construction of the airport.

Afia Schwarzenegger mentioned feeling embarrassed to be an Ashanti due to the current state of the region.

She called on the people and chiefs of the Ashanti region to demand development from the government, especially considering the uncompleted Kumasi Airport Project after eight years under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.

“I wouldn’t have stepped foot in the Ashanti region if not for the fact that my mother lives there because I’m embarrassed. My mother told me I’m an Ashanti but I refuse to be. What is in Kumasi? The place is full of dust and no one has been able to speak to the government to fix your deplorable roads.

“It’s been eight years since they started building an airport in Kumasi, what is its state now? Aren’t you ashamed that aeroplanes cannot land at the airport to date? Yet you claim to have the most powerful chief in the world. The only source of entertainment in the Ashanti region is a swimming pool and they are not ashamed,” she said while speaking in a TikTok live session.

Contrary to Afia Schwarzenegger's criticism, reports suggest that work on the Kumasi Airport Project has progressed to phases 1 and 2 and is advancing steadily.