A PROGRAMME that seeks to address the severe under-representation of women at all levels of governance and decision making in the three Northern Regions has been launched in Wa, the Upper West regional capital.
Known as “promoting human security through the economic and political empowerment of women in the three northern regions of Ghana”, the programme would be implemented by the Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) in partnership with Training and Career Centre in the United Kingdom.
The objective of the programme is to increase knowledge, self-confidence and relevant skills of selected women and equip them to become successful candidates for elections at the local, district and parliamentary levels.
Launching the programme, the associate director of the Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA), Miss Afi Yakubu, said all political parties would be engaged and persuaded on the importance of supporting women candidates.
“As a result and fitting in with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA), women’s representation at all levels would increase and women’s rights, including natural resources, education and participation in decision–making will be addressed,” she added.
She said the five-year project would be implemented in 13 selected districts with inputs from all stakeholders including community based organisations, traditional authorities and research institutions such as the University for Development Studies (UDS).
Miss Yakubu observed that despite the activities on gender mainstreaming, women still were under-represented and that “we can only succeed if we get our acts together and bring other stakeholders on board.”
At a validation workshop earlier, participants called on the government to, as a matter of urgency ensure that 50 per cent of the government appointees to the next district assemblies were women.
“Furthermore, the government should ensure that at least a third of the appointed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives across the country were women,” Miss Amina Montia said on behalf of the rest of the participant.
She commended the government, especially the President, for signing into law the Savannah Accelerated Development
Authority (SADA) bill and called on all women groups in the SADA areas to take advantage of the opportunities to be made available in order to improve on their lot.
She applauded the Savannah Women’s Empowerment Group, Ghana initiative, as a non-partisan pressure group which monitors government policies towards women in the Savannah areas.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
UDS TO ESTABLISH PEACE STUDIES CENTRE (PAGE 11, SEPT 22, 2010)
AS part of its social responsibility, the University for Development Studies (UDS) is to establish a Conflict and Peace Studies Centre in Wa in the Upper West Region.
The proposed centre would be open to the various traditional councils and areas for sensitisation issues that start and aggravate conflicts.
Chiefs in the region have therefore, been called upon to patronise the centre when it starts operation.
The new Vice Chancellor of the UDS, Professor Haruna Yakubu, announced this when he introduced himself to members of the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs in Wa.
He said the university had observed that there were many chieftaincy succession disputes in the Upper West Region just like in all the other northern regions and noted that these were being handled peacefully through the dispute resolution mechanisms that existed under the regulations regarding such disputes.
“I salute all the chiefs here for resolving to engage in peaceful resolutions to these conflicts”, he added.
Prof. Yakubu said being a deprived area, the north needed to concentrate on solutions and therefore, urged the chiefs to invite the Wa campus of the UDS to come to their areas to help design and sell their development plans.
He mentioned the Faculty of Integrated Development Studies and Faculty of Planning and Land Management, all on the Wa campus which could be of great support in this regard.
He encouraged the chiefs to establish scholarship schemes in their traditional areas for brilliant needy students, especially in science and medicine with preference to the girl–child in their areas.
He thanked the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs for releasing its conference hall for lectures when the Wa campus was established in 2002, saying this had facilitated the rise of the UDS to become one of the centres of excellence in Ghana as far as pushing the agenda of tertiary education was concerned. Until the start of this academic year, the hall was one of the main lecture halls of the Wa campus.
Prof. Yakubu hoped the support would continue to grow “in our common resolve to achieve sustainable development in the Upper West Region in particular and Ghana in general.
He appealed to the people of the region, particularly those in the Wa municipality to be kind and tolerant to the students of the university when they were in need and erred in their conduct since they were young people.
The President of the Upper West regional House of Chiefs, Naa S.D Gore II, bemoaned the activities of motorbike riders since they were causing havoc in the municipality.
He hoped that the good initiative of the Vice Chancellor of the UDS would foster greater collaboration between the chiefs and the university.
The proposed centre would be open to the various traditional councils and areas for sensitisation issues that start and aggravate conflicts.
Chiefs in the region have therefore, been called upon to patronise the centre when it starts operation.
The new Vice Chancellor of the UDS, Professor Haruna Yakubu, announced this when he introduced himself to members of the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs in Wa.
He said the university had observed that there were many chieftaincy succession disputes in the Upper West Region just like in all the other northern regions and noted that these were being handled peacefully through the dispute resolution mechanisms that existed under the regulations regarding such disputes.
“I salute all the chiefs here for resolving to engage in peaceful resolutions to these conflicts”, he added.
Prof. Yakubu said being a deprived area, the north needed to concentrate on solutions and therefore, urged the chiefs to invite the Wa campus of the UDS to come to their areas to help design and sell their development plans.
He mentioned the Faculty of Integrated Development Studies and Faculty of Planning and Land Management, all on the Wa campus which could be of great support in this regard.
He encouraged the chiefs to establish scholarship schemes in their traditional areas for brilliant needy students, especially in science and medicine with preference to the girl–child in their areas.
He thanked the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs for releasing its conference hall for lectures when the Wa campus was established in 2002, saying this had facilitated the rise of the UDS to become one of the centres of excellence in Ghana as far as pushing the agenda of tertiary education was concerned. Until the start of this academic year, the hall was one of the main lecture halls of the Wa campus.
Prof. Yakubu hoped the support would continue to grow “in our common resolve to achieve sustainable development in the Upper West Region in particular and Ghana in general.
He appealed to the people of the region, particularly those in the Wa municipality to be kind and tolerant to the students of the university when they were in need and erred in their conduct since they were young people.
The President of the Upper West regional House of Chiefs, Naa S.D Gore II, bemoaned the activities of motorbike riders since they were causing havoc in the municipality.
He hoped that the good initiative of the Vice Chancellor of the UDS would foster greater collaboration between the chiefs and the university.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
COMMEND NPP, NDC FOR SETTING UP WA UDS (PAGE 12, SEPT 21, 2010)
Story: George Folley, Wa.
THE Upper West regional second Vice–Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr Hafiz Bin–Salih, has said both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) governments must be commended for the establishment of the Wa campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS).
He said while the NDC established the UDS, it was the NPP government that ensured that the Wa campus became operational.
He said the Wa campus of the UDS and Wa Polytechnic have both enhanced the socio-economic fortunes of Wa and the region as a whole.
Mr Bin–Salih said as result of this development, the government, through the appropriate institutions, must ensure that both staff and students of these institutions were not exploited.
He mentioned, in particular, landlords who were charging exorbitant rents because students were in dire need of accommodation and that some of these accommodation lacked basic amenities such toilets and water.
He therefore called on the authorities of the university to coordinate the activities of these landlords in order to stop them from exploiting students.
“In addition to this, government, through the GETFUND, must facilitate the construction of residential accommodation for both the UDS and Wa Poly,” he added.
Mr Bin–Salih observed that while the UDS had residential accommodation which was grossly inadequate, Wa Poly had none at all for students.
He, however, commended the NDC government for continuing with the regional library and hospital projects and advised that the NDC should credit the NPP when it was due.
THE Upper West regional second Vice–Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, Mr Hafiz Bin–Salih, has said both the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) governments must be commended for the establishment of the Wa campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS).
He said while the NDC established the UDS, it was the NPP government that ensured that the Wa campus became operational.
He said the Wa campus of the UDS and Wa Polytechnic have both enhanced the socio-economic fortunes of Wa and the region as a whole.
Mr Bin–Salih said as result of this development, the government, through the appropriate institutions, must ensure that both staff and students of these institutions were not exploited.
He mentioned, in particular, landlords who were charging exorbitant rents because students were in dire need of accommodation and that some of these accommodation lacked basic amenities such toilets and water.
He therefore called on the authorities of the university to coordinate the activities of these landlords in order to stop them from exploiting students.
“In addition to this, government, through the GETFUND, must facilitate the construction of residential accommodation for both the UDS and Wa Poly,” he added.
Mr Bin–Salih observed that while the UDS had residential accommodation which was grossly inadequate, Wa Poly had none at all for students.
He, however, commended the NDC government for continuing with the regional library and hospital projects and advised that the NDC should credit the NPP when it was due.
ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO REDISCOVER TALENTS (PAGE 11, SEPT 21, 2010)
A member of the Council of State, Naa Seidu Braimah has called on chiefs to support women to rediscover their hidden talents since that was the only means to ensure their economic development.
He said women played very important roles in society and must therefore not be relegated to the background, especially when decisions were being taken.
He made the call during a training course for women traditional leaders in northern Ghana at Wa in the Upper West Region.
The course which was on the theme “leadership and natural resources management” was organised by the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD) and sponsored by the Conrad Adenauer Foundation.
“Any disciplined society depends on traditional women leadership and I wish that our northern chiefs would recognise their roles by encouraging them in their endeavors”, he added.
He suggested to the Constitutional Review Commission that a clause should be inserted in the constitution to promote affirmative action and quota system for women.
Naa Braimah commended CIKOD for organising the workshop and said it would go a long way to build the capacity of the participants. He called on women not to feel shy but endeavour to participate at all levels of governance for their voices to be heard and make meaningful contribution to development.
The programme officer for the Conrad Adenauer Foundation, Mr Isaac Owes – Anza urged women to participate in the impending district level elections.
He advised traditional leaders to counsel prospective candidates in the elections to eschew violence by concentrating on issues instead of personality attacks.
Mr William Lartey of CIKOD was optimistic that the training would strengthen the collaboration between traditional women leaders in Northern Ghana and their counterparts in the South.
He called for the recognition of traditional women leaders in Northern Ghana by traditional councils and the Regional Houses of Chiefs.
He said women played very important roles in society and must therefore not be relegated to the background, especially when decisions were being taken.
He made the call during a training course for women traditional leaders in northern Ghana at Wa in the Upper West Region.
The course which was on the theme “leadership and natural resources management” was organised by the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD) and sponsored by the Conrad Adenauer Foundation.
“Any disciplined society depends on traditional women leadership and I wish that our northern chiefs would recognise their roles by encouraging them in their endeavors”, he added.
He suggested to the Constitutional Review Commission that a clause should be inserted in the constitution to promote affirmative action and quota system for women.
Naa Braimah commended CIKOD for organising the workshop and said it would go a long way to build the capacity of the participants. He called on women not to feel shy but endeavour to participate at all levels of governance for their voices to be heard and make meaningful contribution to development.
The programme officer for the Conrad Adenauer Foundation, Mr Isaac Owes – Anza urged women to participate in the impending district level elections.
He advised traditional leaders to counsel prospective candidates in the elections to eschew violence by concentrating on issues instead of personality attacks.
Mr William Lartey of CIKOD was optimistic that the training would strengthen the collaboration between traditional women leaders in Northern Ghana and their counterparts in the South.
He called for the recognition of traditional women leaders in Northern Ghana by traditional councils and the Regional Houses of Chiefs.
Monday, September 20, 2010
ASSESS GOVT BASED ON ACHIEVEMENTS — Upper West NDC (PAGE 13, SEPT 18, 2010)
THE Upper West regional secretariat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on Ghanaians to assess the current government based on what it has achieved rather than what its detractors were saying.
According to the party, what had been achieved by the NDC in just 18 months far outweighed what the NPP did in eight years and that the NDC could give only 45 per cent to the NPP should marks be awarded.
Addressing a press conference in Wa on the achievements of the President Mills – led administration, the NDC Regional Propaganda Secretary, Mr Yakubu Yahaya, observed that, anytime the NPP was in opposition, the country witnessed massive development and hoped that the NPP would continue to be in opposition for more development projects to be undertaken.
He said when the NDC took over the administration of the country, a number of projects and programmes had been initiated and implemented in the Upper West Region. Among these he said were investment in people, expansion of infrastructure for growth, health care delivery, subsidies on education and single spine salary policy.
He said a summary of projects so far undertaken by the government in the Wa municipality and the eight other districts were very impressive and mentioned the small water town projects at Charia, Busa, Kaleo, Babile and Funsi as clear evidence.
He said 116 communities had also benefited from a total of 130 boreholes in the region while approval for the sinking of additional 29 boreholes was in the pipeline for the Wa West and Sissala West districts.
Mr Yahaya said the water supply system at the Saint Francis of Assisi Girls SHS had improved significantly while the quantum of money for development through the Regional Co-ordinating Council on infrastructure, essential medicines and non – medicine consumables amounted to GHC 44,224,990.69.
He pointed out that this did not include what came into the district assemblies directly from the Central government and projects like the regional hospital in Wa.
Touching on the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), Mr Yahaya said since the NDC took power salary arrears for five months had been settled while a total of 56 ghost names were detected in the Wa East district alone.
He said for the past 18 months a number of recruitments had been made under the NYEP in the areas of Teaching Assistants, Community Police, ICT, hair dressing and people with disability.
He was not happy that the Bole – Tinga – Bamboi highway which was constructed by the NPP government had developed potholes. He said they had already scooped off the pot holes to pave way for reconstruction work to begin.
“Comparing that stretch to the Wa – Bole stretch which was constructed in the 1980’s one will be compelled to say that what the NPP did is huge financial loss to the state and the various actors right from those who awarded the contract, the technical service providers and the one who executed the job should be held accountable,” Mr Yahaya added.
He challenged ex – President Kufuor to let Ghanaians know whether he had been able to offer just a simple explanation for the numerous corruption allegations levelled against him and his government officials instead of castigating the NDC of being corrupt.
Mr Yahaya sent a congratulatory message to Nana Akufo–Addo for being elected the flag bearer of the NPP and said the NDC welcomed him into the presidential race once more.
Sounding more proverbial, the regional NDC propaganda secretary said the success of Nana was like peeling of an onion with a lot of layers underneath and that Professor Mills would continue to overwhelm Nana come 2012.
According to the party, what had been achieved by the NDC in just 18 months far outweighed what the NPP did in eight years and that the NDC could give only 45 per cent to the NPP should marks be awarded.
Addressing a press conference in Wa on the achievements of the President Mills – led administration, the NDC Regional Propaganda Secretary, Mr Yakubu Yahaya, observed that, anytime the NPP was in opposition, the country witnessed massive development and hoped that the NPP would continue to be in opposition for more development projects to be undertaken.
He said when the NDC took over the administration of the country, a number of projects and programmes had been initiated and implemented in the Upper West Region. Among these he said were investment in people, expansion of infrastructure for growth, health care delivery, subsidies on education and single spine salary policy.
He said a summary of projects so far undertaken by the government in the Wa municipality and the eight other districts were very impressive and mentioned the small water town projects at Charia, Busa, Kaleo, Babile and Funsi as clear evidence.
He said 116 communities had also benefited from a total of 130 boreholes in the region while approval for the sinking of additional 29 boreholes was in the pipeline for the Wa West and Sissala West districts.
Mr Yahaya said the water supply system at the Saint Francis of Assisi Girls SHS had improved significantly while the quantum of money for development through the Regional Co-ordinating Council on infrastructure, essential medicines and non – medicine consumables amounted to GHC 44,224,990.69.
He pointed out that this did not include what came into the district assemblies directly from the Central government and projects like the regional hospital in Wa.
Touching on the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), Mr Yahaya said since the NDC took power salary arrears for five months had been settled while a total of 56 ghost names were detected in the Wa East district alone.
He said for the past 18 months a number of recruitments had been made under the NYEP in the areas of Teaching Assistants, Community Police, ICT, hair dressing and people with disability.
He was not happy that the Bole – Tinga – Bamboi highway which was constructed by the NPP government had developed potholes. He said they had already scooped off the pot holes to pave way for reconstruction work to begin.
“Comparing that stretch to the Wa – Bole stretch which was constructed in the 1980’s one will be compelled to say that what the NPP did is huge financial loss to the state and the various actors right from those who awarded the contract, the technical service providers and the one who executed the job should be held accountable,” Mr Yahaya added.
He challenged ex – President Kufuor to let Ghanaians know whether he had been able to offer just a simple explanation for the numerous corruption allegations levelled against him and his government officials instead of castigating the NDC of being corrupt.
Mr Yahaya sent a congratulatory message to Nana Akufo–Addo for being elected the flag bearer of the NPP and said the NDC welcomed him into the presidential race once more.
Sounding more proverbial, the regional NDC propaganda secretary said the success of Nana was like peeling of an onion with a lot of layers underneath and that Professor Mills would continue to overwhelm Nana come 2012.
Friday, September 3, 2010
POLITICAL PARTIES URGED TO SUSTAIN PEACE (PAGE 12, SEPT 3, 2010)
The Paramount Chief of the Dorimon Traditional Area in the Upper West Region, Naa S. D. Gore II, has urged various political parties in the country to continue to sustain the relative peace the country is enjoying.
He said the country needed peace to develop and nothing must therefore, be made to jeopardise this “important commodity”.
In a congratulatory message to Nana Akufo–Addo on his recent election as the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party, Naa Gore said, “I am sending you this short message to congratulate you on your resounding victory at the recent presidential flagbearership primaries held nationwide”.
He said even though the margin of victory was so wide, there should be no room for complacency.
“The other losing candidates also deserve my congratulations for putting up a good fight and conceding defeat; it is my hope and prayer that there will be continued peace within your party in particular and other parties in general so that the peace we are enjoying in our country will be sustained even after the 2012 elections”.
“Once again, accept my congratulations and God bless you”, Naa Gore concluded.
He said the country needed peace to develop and nothing must therefore, be made to jeopardise this “important commodity”.
In a congratulatory message to Nana Akufo–Addo on his recent election as the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party, Naa Gore said, “I am sending you this short message to congratulate you on your resounding victory at the recent presidential flagbearership primaries held nationwide”.
He said even though the margin of victory was so wide, there should be no room for complacency.
“The other losing candidates also deserve my congratulations for putting up a good fight and conceding defeat; it is my hope and prayer that there will be continued peace within your party in particular and other parties in general so that the peace we are enjoying in our country will be sustained even after the 2012 elections”.
“Once again, accept my congratulations and God bless you”, Naa Gore concluded.
SPEED UP PASSAGE OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION ACT (PAGE 11, SEPT 3, 2010)
THE President of Principals of Colleges of Education (PRINCOF), Mr Emmanuel Kingsley Osei, has called for the speedy passage of the Colleges of Education Act.
That, he said, would spell out the roles and responsibilities of the councils of colleges and those of the principals.
“We know that Parliament is on recess now and we would be glad to see our bill being one of the first to receive the attention of Parliament as soon as it resumes sitting,” he added.
Mr Osei made the call at the 52nd annual conference of the Principals of Colleges of Education in Wa in the Upper West region.
It was on the theme: “Meeting Teacher Demand for Quality Basic Education in Ghana, the role of Stakeholders”.
According to him, even though the colleges were down –hearted by the delay in passing the bill they had a good cause to smile this year due to some achievements.
For the first time, he said the colleges had received their own allocation of funds from the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) and that this would go a long way to ensure effective use of funds to improve teaching and learning.
“Another piece of good news for the colleges came in the form of supply of 20 computers and accessories which included the installation of satellite dishes that will ensure internet access in the computer laboratories,” Mr Osei stated adding however, that like Oliver Twist we would plead that at least 20 more computers be added so that a class of forty can have effective lessons in the laboratory.
Mr Osei said although there were over 30,000 vacancies for teachers in schools, colleges were allowed to train only about 9,000 teachers.
That, he said, meant that the number of students admitted to the colleges had not changed for some years and that this year the number of qualified applicants to the colleges was over 30,000 but only 9,000 were admitted by the 38 colleges in the country.
He, therefore, appealed to the Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo to help increase the quota so that the colleges that had the capacity to take more students could do so.
In a speech read on his behalf, the Education minister said the government had put in place measures to improve the quality of teaching and learning in all colleges of education.
He mentioned some of the measures to include the conduct of needs assessment in all colleges by the National Council for Tertiary Education so that well – informed decisions could be pursued, granting of institutional accreditation to all colleges of education and the allocation of funds through the GETFund to improve infrastructure.
For his part, the Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies, Professor Haruna Yakubu, urged the colleges to foster strong linkages between in –service and pre –service teachers since there seemed to be a disconnection between theory as taught in teacher education institutions and practice on the field.
“It is also vital that colleges support the establishment and utilisation of out of school resources such as museums to be used as teaching and learning centres.
The Upper West Regional Minister, Alhaji Issahaque Salia, said the region had declared a vacancy of 850 teachers to meet the demand of basic schools but only 332 have been assured of places.
He expressed the hope that at the end the conference would contribute towards the attainment of the goals and objectives of the ‘Better Ghana Agenda’.
That, he said, would spell out the roles and responsibilities of the councils of colleges and those of the principals.
“We know that Parliament is on recess now and we would be glad to see our bill being one of the first to receive the attention of Parliament as soon as it resumes sitting,” he added.
Mr Osei made the call at the 52nd annual conference of the Principals of Colleges of Education in Wa in the Upper West region.
It was on the theme: “Meeting Teacher Demand for Quality Basic Education in Ghana, the role of Stakeholders”.
According to him, even though the colleges were down –hearted by the delay in passing the bill they had a good cause to smile this year due to some achievements.
For the first time, he said the colleges had received their own allocation of funds from the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) and that this would go a long way to ensure effective use of funds to improve teaching and learning.
“Another piece of good news for the colleges came in the form of supply of 20 computers and accessories which included the installation of satellite dishes that will ensure internet access in the computer laboratories,” Mr Osei stated adding however, that like Oliver Twist we would plead that at least 20 more computers be added so that a class of forty can have effective lessons in the laboratory.
Mr Osei said although there were over 30,000 vacancies for teachers in schools, colleges were allowed to train only about 9,000 teachers.
That, he said, meant that the number of students admitted to the colleges had not changed for some years and that this year the number of qualified applicants to the colleges was over 30,000 but only 9,000 were admitted by the 38 colleges in the country.
He, therefore, appealed to the Minister of Education, Mr Alex Tettey-Enyo to help increase the quota so that the colleges that had the capacity to take more students could do so.
In a speech read on his behalf, the Education minister said the government had put in place measures to improve the quality of teaching and learning in all colleges of education.
He mentioned some of the measures to include the conduct of needs assessment in all colleges by the National Council for Tertiary Education so that well – informed decisions could be pursued, granting of institutional accreditation to all colleges of education and the allocation of funds through the GETFund to improve infrastructure.
For his part, the Vice Chancellor of the University for Development Studies, Professor Haruna Yakubu, urged the colleges to foster strong linkages between in –service and pre –service teachers since there seemed to be a disconnection between theory as taught in teacher education institutions and practice on the field.
“It is also vital that colleges support the establishment and utilisation of out of school resources such as museums to be used as teaching and learning centres.
The Upper West Regional Minister, Alhaji Issahaque Salia, said the region had declared a vacancy of 850 teachers to meet the demand of basic schools but only 332 have been assured of places.
He expressed the hope that at the end the conference would contribute towards the attainment of the goals and objectives of the ‘Better Ghana Agenda’.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
FUNSI WATER PROJECT READY (BACK PAGE, SEPT 1, 2010)
Work on the Funsi small town water project in the Wa East District has been completed and handed over to the community.
The water project, which initially encountered challenges with regard to payment of tariffs, has been resolved.
The District Chief Executive for the area, Mr Ameen Salifu, who announced this at the ordinary meeting of the Wa East District Assembly at Funsi, said the proposed mechanisation of a borehole at Manwe was no longer possible as the water yield of the borehole was inadequate.
He said ProNet North, a non–governmental organisation (NGO), had further drilled boreholes at Zinye, Dribaateng, Gbantala, Jankore, Kalanhi and Kundugu and was considering initiating a borehole project at Goripie.
According to Mr Salifu, under a water and sanitation programme known as WASH, 51 boreholes were to be drilled in various parts of the district.
He said electricity from the national grid had been extended to Bulenga and Goripie while efforts were being made to do same for Funsi.
“We have also been able to submit the base maps to the Ministry of Energy for the extension of electricity to more communities under the Self Help Electrification Project. To this extent we have started planting poles from Bole to Kulkpong and this activity will soon be extended to other communities,” he stated.
Touching on road network in the district, Mr Salifu said the government was taking steps to improve the situation and had even gone further to award a number of them on contract.
The projects include the construction of a steel bridge over rivers Kpanamuna and Danyeo on the Kpanamuna-Jankura-Danyeokura and Bayiri-Bulu-Guo and Kperisi-Guono-Kattah-Issah feeder roads.
He called for unity among the assembly members, “so that we can work to improve the lives of our people”.
The Presiding Member, Mr S. Illiasu, commended members of the assembly for their continuous commitment to the development of the district.
The water project, which initially encountered challenges with regard to payment of tariffs, has been resolved.
The District Chief Executive for the area, Mr Ameen Salifu, who announced this at the ordinary meeting of the Wa East District Assembly at Funsi, said the proposed mechanisation of a borehole at Manwe was no longer possible as the water yield of the borehole was inadequate.
He said ProNet North, a non–governmental organisation (NGO), had further drilled boreholes at Zinye, Dribaateng, Gbantala, Jankore, Kalanhi and Kundugu and was considering initiating a borehole project at Goripie.
According to Mr Salifu, under a water and sanitation programme known as WASH, 51 boreholes were to be drilled in various parts of the district.
He said electricity from the national grid had been extended to Bulenga and Goripie while efforts were being made to do same for Funsi.
“We have also been able to submit the base maps to the Ministry of Energy for the extension of electricity to more communities under the Self Help Electrification Project. To this extent we have started planting poles from Bole to Kulkpong and this activity will soon be extended to other communities,” he stated.
Touching on road network in the district, Mr Salifu said the government was taking steps to improve the situation and had even gone further to award a number of them on contract.
The projects include the construction of a steel bridge over rivers Kpanamuna and Danyeo on the Kpanamuna-Jankura-Danyeokura and Bayiri-Bulu-Guo and Kperisi-Guono-Kattah-Issah feeder roads.
He called for unity among the assembly members, “so that we can work to improve the lives of our people”.
The Presiding Member, Mr S. Illiasu, commended members of the assembly for their continuous commitment to the development of the district.
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