1.2 billion cedis fund for Afigya-Sekyere

Agona (Ashanti Region) 23 July '99

The Afigya Sekyere District Assembly will use part of its 1.2 billion cedis common fund to finance on-going projects.

Mr Rexford Anokye, the District Chief Executive, told the ordinary meeting of the assembly at Agona that 472.2 million cedis would be used for on-going projects while 799.8 million cedis would be spent on new ones.

Among the on-going projects scheduled for completion include the three-storey administration block, a guest House, out-patients department at Agona Health Centre, extension of Tetrem clinic and the conversion of a hall into a district library at Agona.

The new projects would cover the construction of water systems, classroom blocks, sanitary facilities, town and area council offices, the rehabilitation of the Boamang police station and feeder roads.

Mr Anokye urged assembly members to let the common fund and the various intervention packages that the district was enjoying inspire them towards raising more revenue from traditional sources so as to attract a greater percentage of funding to the district.

Mr Albert Kan Dapaah, Member of Parliament (MP) for Afigya-Sekyere West, appealed to the assembly to urgently release funds to improve facilities at the Tetrem Secondary school to enable it to function as a second-cycle institution.