Assembly promises water for all communities

Asamankese, Sept 5, GNA - Mr Kwame Sintim-Aboagye, West Akyem District Chief Executive, has said the assembly was determined to provide potable water to every community in the district irrespective of their size or socio-economic contribution to the district. Addressing the final meeting of the assembly at Asamankese, he said last year 30 communities benefited from boreholes and this year 36 communities would be provided with 44 boreholes. Mr Sintim-Aboagye said small-town water systems project was providing water at Mepom, Sukrong, Bethlehem and Asuokaw while seven other communities are being provided with nine boreholes under the Community-Based Rural Development Programme, two of which had been drilled.

He said in all, 189 boreholes, 154 small-town pipe-borne systems and - hand drug wells had been provided over the part five years. He commended the assembly's development partners, especially NGOs, for their efforts over the years in assisting the assembly to provide potable water and sanitation needs of the people. On the school feeding programme, the DCE said the scheme had successfully taken off in the district with two schools, Kwaku Sae and Danso Primary schools as the pioneers. He said it was expected that additional 3,000 children would be brought on board when schools re-opened this month.