Ten districts in B/A, Ashanti to benefit from German assistance

Sunyani (Brong Ahafo) 27 May '99

Ten districts in the Brong Ahafo and Ashanti regions are to benefit from 10 million deutsche marks loan from the German Bank for Reconstruction and Development (KFW).

The loan is for the development and implementation of a sustainable operation and maintenance system for infrastructure in the beneficiary districts.

The project, code-named "Promotion of District Capitals Two", is to support the government to implement its decentralisation policy by improving upon selected infrastructure in the districts.

The districts to benefit from the project are Atebubu, Kintampo, Nkoranza, Sene, Techiman and Wenchi in Brong Ahafo and Ejura-Sekyedumasi, Offinso, Sekyere East and Sekyere West in Ashanti.

The Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr Donald Adabre, who opened a three-day workshop for 30 participants from the beneficiary districts at Sunyani, on Wednesday, said he was hopeful that the project would help curb the rural-urban drift.

He mentioned that the project would support the provision and improvement of markets, lorry parks, access roads and drainage systems.

The upper limit of financing by the project for a single investment is 800 million cedis, of which the district would be required to provide a 20 per cent matching fund.

Mr Adabre said policy-makers of the beneficiary districts should take advantage of the opportunities to be created under the project.