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.