Africa-Press – Ghana. Mr Ebenezer Anderson Ayiku Akuaku, Assembly Member for the Lomobiawer electoral area in the Ada East District, has provided a potable water system for residents of Caesar Puornya.
The assembly member extended the pipe-borne water to the area and provided a 5,000-litre tank for storage as part of his birthday celebration.
Mr Akuaku, who is visually impaired, has undertaken some developmental projects, including the extension of electricity, toilet facilities, sanitation, free National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) enrolment, among others for the electoral area, since he was elected as the assemblyman.
Handing over the facility to the elders of the community, he disclosed that the residents had one week to fetch the water for free, after which it would be regulated by the elders to raise funds for maintenance.
He disclosed that he used his funds of about GHS 15,000 in addition to the support he received from others to install the water system, and commended stating that elders of the electoral area have been helpful and positive towards his initiatives and commended them for their continuous assistance and support.
“The Ghana Health Service District Director has been very helpful in this,” he added.
Mr William Okronipa, an elder of the community, appealed to him to get an assembly member’s office to receive complaints, aid and support from the community to facilitate development of the area.
Madam Debora Quarshie, a unit committee member, said the community leaders had met and discussed ways of getting funding for the project when the assembly member took it upon himself to address the challenge, a step she said was commendable.
Some of the community members, disclosed that due to the lack of pipeborne water in the area, they used to fetch water from the Volta River at Kpomkpo Panya, which is quite a distance, and the water is also not safe for drinking.
They said the initiative was timely and would help alleviate their sanitation problems.
Madam Bernice Buertey, a resident, told that “my vote for him as assembly member hasn’t gone to waste.”
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