8 SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION OF WA HOSPITAL (PAGE 47)

Each of the eight district assemblies in the Upper West Region has contributed GH¢32,525.00 toward the construction of a regional hospital in Wa.
The amount has already been deducted from the second quarter share of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF).
The Wa Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Mohammed Abdul Aziz, announced this at the second ordinary meeting of the assembly in Wa.
He expressed the hope that members of the assemblies in the region would take keen interest in the project in order to ensure its successful completion.
He said with the establishment of the Health Assistant Training School in Wa, the assembly had taken a number of measures to turn its fortunes round.
Mr Aziz said the school was currently seeking to rehabilitate and partition an old classroom structure to accommodate fresh students.
"We have sent a proposal for support from the Ministry of Health while we start working on the rehabilitation to enable the students to begin classes as soon as possible," he added.
He announced that the small town water projects at Busa and Charia were on course and commended the assembly members of the towns for their diligence and supervision of the technical team’s activities.
Mr Aziz said some non-governmental organisations, namely Plan Ghana, Pronet-North and Concern Universal, had offered to assist the assembly to address the chronic water problem in Wa, which has been compounded by the presence of a large number of students of the University for Development Studies (USD) and the Wa Polytechnic.
He said the assembly together with the NGOs would work towards providing each area with a water system to be operated and managed by the people themselves.
The MCE said the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) was assisting all assemblies in the region to prepare their water and sanitation plans, which would be marketed to the donor community.
On this year's general election, Mr Aziz urged the assembly members to educate their people against acts of violence during the run-up to December 7, 2008.
The Presiding Member of the assembly, Mr Adams Seidu, commended the assembly members for their commitment towards the improvement of the standard of living of their people.