Socio Economic Development

About 85% of the population are engaged in agriculture because it is the main economic activity of the traditional area. Cocoa, oil palm, and citrus are the main cash crops.

Other crops grown in the area include maize, cassava, yam, cocoyam and plantain. Besides agriculture, small-scale manufacturing and service sector are the mainstay of the local economy. There are agro-processing industries such as manufacturers of gari, palm kernel oil, soap and local gin (akpeteshie). There are also a few sawmills that processes wood for carpentry, beauticians, tailors and local cloth manufacturers

Currently, there are 142 early childhood development centres; 98 are public and 44 are privately owned. The average number of pupils at each of these centres is 82. There are 140 primary schools with about 24,743 pupils.

There are 117 junior secondary schools with a population of 9448 as well as 5 senior secondary schools (3 are public and 2 privately owned) with a population of 4,729. There is only one public tertiary institution which offers courses by Distant Learning.

The Our Lady of Grace Roman Catholic Hospital at Asikuma is the only hospital in the whole district. The Odoben Health Post and Brakwa Health Post provide additional healthcare services. Also, there are three other clinics in the district. 

The four banks in the area are Ghana Commercial Bank, Assinman Rural Bank, GN Bank and Brakwa-Breman Rural Bank; All four banks are located in Asikuma. However, Brakwa-Breman Rural has its head Office at Breman Brakwa.

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has a branch at Asikuma. The traditional area is fairly linked to the rest of the Central Region and adjacent to Eastern Region. The district capital is Asikuma and it is equidistant to several commercial towns in the area.

Asikuma is close to major areas such as Accra, Tema and Cape Coast. The main road linkages in the area are Ajumako-Asikuma- Oda road and Swedru-Asikuma-Anyinabrim road. Most of the roads are feeder roads or farm tacts. Four telecommunication companies provide services to the traditional area.

The traditional area is covered by tropical rain forest with patches of semi-deciduous forest due to excessive logging. There are four main forest reserves namely Baako, Supun, Wawahi and Oboyaw. Trees found in the area include wawa, cedar, odum, edinam, dahoma and bamboo. There are deposits of gold and diamond at Eyipey, Amanfopong and Kokoso, which need to be studied for further exploitation.

The main festival celebrated in Breman Traditional Area is the Breman Odwira Festival, which takes place in October/November. There are several shrines in the area including the Sosonhyen and Ewusi in Asikuma; Meretiti, Baawere and Dadwe at Baako; Abisibasa at Kokoso and Anamea at Jamra. The Aduona Stream, special sand and clay can be found at Amanfopong. Bedum has a huge Odum tree after which the town is named.