GNPC provides potable water to four communities in Western Region

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation has commissioned four mechanised boreholes for the Aowin Municipality and Jomoro District of the Western Region to improve WASH facilities in those areas.

The facilities makes available potable water for the more than 1,000 residents in the four communities; Ngakain in the Aowin Municipality, and Old Ankasa, Nzematianu and Sowdadzem communities in the Jomoro District.

The Foundation’s 100 borehole water project across the country aimed at improving the livelihoods and WASH facilities with direct benefits on their health.

Dr Kwame Baah-Nuako, the General Manager of the Foundation, said four communities; Adenteim and Mpatado in the Effia-Kwesimintsim Municipality, Achonwa in the Ahanta West Municipality and Akromakrom in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis have already received help in that direction.

He noted that most beneficiary communities would be within the GNPC’s operational areas in the Western Region and the Voltarian Basin where the Corporation is currently prospecting for oil.

Dr Baah-Nuako said the foundation was targeting the three regions of the North and other regions where access to quality water was a hurdle.

He said the project was undertaken under the Foundation’s Environment and Social Amenities to help halt dependence on polluted streams for drinking and bathing as well as the spread of waterborne diseases.

“Recently we organised health screening in some communities in the Western Region and realised that some waterborne diseases were on the increase, hence, the decision by the Foundation to provide potable water for the deprived communities,” he added.

Other initiatives by the Foundation include the construction of 50 six-unit classroom blocks across the country to support the Government’s Free Senior High School Policy and scholarship for students in tertiary institutions.

The Municipal Chief Executive of Jomoro, Mr Ernest Kwofie, commended the GNPC for the projects and called on the beneficiaries to take good care of them.

Nana Awusi Kwaw IV, the chief of Ngakain, who commended the GNPC for the water project, promised to ensure periodic maintenance of the borehole to prolong its lifespan.