Ferron Williams

The Most Honourable Colonel Ferron Williams

The Most Honourable Ferron Williams is Colonel-in-Chief of the micro-state of Accompong, a sovereign indigenous Maroon community established in 1739 on the Island of Jamaica.^[1] On April 16, 2015, Colonel Williams was elected to his second term in office as head of state and leader of the Maroon Council with whom he shares executive responsibilities.^[2]

Born on June 14, 1955, to parents Advira Elizabeth Anderson-Williams and Robert Williams, The Colonel Ferron Williams is a native to Accompong.

He completed his secondary studies at the Cobbla Youth Training Center before launching a highly decorated career in the Jamaican Constabulary Force in 1975.

After 37 years of police service, Ferron Williams resigned from the force at the rank of Inspector of Police. Filled with commitment and dedication to his Maroon culture, identity and tradition, the Hon. Ferron Williams began his first-term as Colonel-in-Chief of Accompong in 2009.

Key accomplishments during his first-term include:

i) The establishment of the Accompong Basic School

ii) The refurbishment of the historical Cudjo Monument

iii) The installation of a modern sanitary system for the primary school

iv) Development of Accompong’s first internet café

v) Creation of the Accompong Library under patronage of Fitztroy Campbell—Mystic Bowie

vi) Housing solutions for 48 families

vii) Refurbishment of the sports field at the Accompong Primary School

viii) Creation of a scholarship and grants program for elementary school students—JACOM

ix) Cooperation for full scholarship with Bethlem Teachers College

x) Cooperation for youth employment within the JDF and JCF

Hon. Ferron Williams has set a much more ambitious development agenda for his second-term. Key targets going forward include:

i) Establishment of various new governmental institutions, i.e. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Central Solar Reserve Bank of Accompong,^[3] Department of Fisheries and Agriculture, Security Force, Department of Health, Department of Social Services, and Ministry of Energy and Water

ii) South-South Climate change initiative in cooperation with various African and Caribbean leaders

iii) Wide scale local job creation through agricultural development

iv) Implementation of a local school bus system

v) Technical training for youths and young adults

vi) Access to running water for all house-holds

vii) Refurbishment of Accompong’s Museum

viii) Upgrading of local roads and access ways

ix) New monument for the national hero, Captain Cudjo, and others at his burial site

x) Development of new sanitary systems across the community for the 6th of January celebration

The Most Honourable Colonel Ferron Williams is committed to manifesting a rebirth towards the empowerment of Maroons both locally and in the Diaspora.^[4]

References

1. http://www.jnht.com/site_accompong.php
2. "Jamaica Obeserver".
3. "Central Solar Reserve Bank of Accompong".
4. "Accompong Government Webpage".