WA EAST ASSEMBLY HOLDS MEETING (PAGE 20, NOV 6)

AS part of measures to increase police presence in the Wa East District in the Upper West Region, two police stations are being constructed by the district assembly at Kundugu and Kulkpong.
The assembly has also awarded a number of projects to enhance the living conditions of the people.
The projects include school blocks and sanitary facilities at Du West, Sawgla, Balayiri, Kulkpong, Kundugu and Loggu Sagu.
The District Chief Executive (DCE) for Wa East, Mr Ameen Salifu, announced this at the second ordinary meeting of the assembly this year at Funsi, the district capital.
According to him, the district would also benefit from the drilling of 55 boreholes to be sited in a number of communities.
He said in the health sector, a CHPS compound would be established at Chaagu Paani while furniture and other equipment had been supplied to the Kataah and Danyokura Health Centres.
Mr Salifu stated that the assembly received GH¢22,356 for a Nutrition Malaria Control for Survival Project to be carried out in selected communities.
He said under the same project, the district had been allocated 5,500 insecticide treated nets (ITN) for distribution to various communities.
The DCE, therefore, urged members of the assembly to acquaint themselves with the project to facilitate its implementation.
He said contract for a number of road projects awarded in 2006 had been terminated due to non-performance.
They include the Tinnabelle-Sawubelle, Yize–Bankpalnna, Loggu Balayiri–Wawa and the Naha-Yize roads.
Mr Salifu said arrangements were far advanced to procure a grader to reduce the assembly’s over reliance on contractors who failed to perform.
“Let me assure you that the government is paying serious attention to the poor nature of our roads and it is my hope that it will very soon be a thing of the past,” he stated.
He seized the opportunity to advise the assembly members to mobilise the people to offer communal labour to patch damaged roads in their electoral areas as was done recently by the assembly member for the Funsi Electoral Area on the Funsi-Wahabu road.
Touching on revenue generation, the DCE said the assembly realised GH¢53,990.80 out of its target of GH¢57,175.70 for the year.
He commended the assembly members for their continuous support in the work of the assembly.