[ 2021-03-05 ]

Upper West Akim District Assembly invests in 72 developmental projects

KSFE

Adeiso (E/R), Mar 5, Mr. Eugene Sackey, Acting
Upper West Akim District Chief Executive, has
called on his constituents to continue to respect
the recommended COVID-19 pandemic protocols to
stay safe, alive and healthy to contribute to
national development.

“Coronavirus is real, evil and killing
indiscriminately and we must wear the nose-masks,
frequently wash our hands under running water with
soap and ensure social distancing wherever we find
ourselves to avoid catching the virus.



Mr Sackey made the call at a grand durbar held at
Adeiso to round-off five-day mini durbars, the
Assembly held in the various communities to
inaugurate projects they benefited from within
2017-2020.
Assembly undertook 72 projects including;
infrastructure to promote education, health and
also to improve the living standards of the
citizenry across the district.

The projects included; school buildings, health
facilities, ultra-modern toilets, drilled
mechanized boreholes with overhead tanks and the
renovation of slaughterhouses.

He said 32 of the projects executed within the
period were duly completed while the rest at
various stages of completion would be commissioned
soon, he stated.

Some of the beneficiary communities are; Asuokaw,
Ndoda, Mepom, Kwesi Nyarko, Asukyereme, Abamkrom,
Takorase, Owarekaesim, Asuokwa Odumasi, Kwamikrom,
Adeiso, Atimatim and Danso.
Mr Sackey said some old projects were also
completed during the period.

“When I took over as the DCE, I detected that
educational facilities in the district were
inadequate with some schools running the shift
system in this scientific era.”

According to him, 70 percent of the projects
executed were expanded of educational facilities
to create conducive environment for teaching and
learning, the DCE added.

They were funded by the District Assembly Common
Fund Response Factor Grant (DACF-REG), Internal
Generated Fund (IGF), District Development Fund
(DDF), District Assembly Common Fund (DACF),
GetFund, Government of Ghana (GOG) and the Rebecca
Akufo-Addo Foundation.

He said government’s good policies aided the
projects and urged the citizens to support the
government by honouring their tax obligations to
bring more development to their doorstep.

He appealed to school managements, traditional
leaders, the Ghana Education Service and other
stakeholders in education to ensure that the
facilities were periodically maintained to prolong
their life span.

Mr Adom Obeng, Member of Parliament for the area,
expressed gratitude to the Assembly and the DCE in
particular for investing hugely in educational
infrastructure to enhance teaching and learning in
the area.

He assured that he would partner the Assembly, the
Chiefs and all stakeholders to bring development
to the entire citizenry.

Nana Aboah Amponsiem 1, Ekuapim Adeiso
Esogyamanhen who deputized for the Paramount Chief
of the Area, applauded the District Assembly and
the Government for giving them their fair share of
the national cake, adding that their doors were
opened and would support the Assembly when
necessary.

Source - GNA

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