[ 2012-06-30 ]

Wa Municipal Assembly supports the provision of electricity to three communities
Boli (U/W), June 30, GNA – The Wa Municipal
Assembly is spending 54,000 Ghana Cedis to provide
high tension electricity poles and its accessories
to connect electricity to three communities in the
Municipality.

The provision of electricity would not only help
to improve social activities in those communities
but would also promote cottage industries among
the people, Alhaji Duogo Yakubu, Wa Municipal
Chief Executive, said.

He said the assembly had provided 50 high tension
poles to Wala-Sombo, 40 poles to Boli and 40 poles
to Charia-Pogayiri communities for the
implementation of the projects.

Alhaji Yakubu made this known during a visit to
the communities to interact with community members
and also inspect work on the projects which was
being undertaken by Buk Electrical Construction
Firm.

He said the assembly had provided a school block
and a borehole to the Wala-Sombo communities and
was in the process of providing them with toilet
facility to help improve sanitary condition
there.

The Municipal Chief Executive appealed to members
of the beneficiary communities to cooperate with
the contractor for the smooth implementation of
the project.

Mr Nyeyela Aziz, Assembly Member of Wala-Sombo
announced that 9,300 Ghana Cedis had been loaned
out to 25 women in the community to undertake
small scale business activities to improve their
livelihoods under Micro Finance and Small Loans
Centre.

He said the provision of projects in the community
was in fulfilment of the assembly's social
commitment and responsibility to the people and
urged them to rekindle the self-help spirit to
complement government's development efforts.

Alhaji Yakubu advised supporters of the National
Democratic Congress (NDC) not to discriminate on
party lines when connecting electricity to homes.

He said every Ghanaian has the right to basic
social needs that the government was providing to
the communities and that discrimination of on
party lines would defeat the good intentions of
the government.

Alhaji Yakubu announced that 10 Community Based
Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds
would be built in the Municipality with financial
assistance from Japan International Community
Agency (JICA) of which some communities in the
Boli area would be beneficiaries.

He appealed to the people to keep faith with the
government to provide them with more development
projects to improve their lives.

Source - GNA

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