The assembly is also sponsoring 174 teacher trainees to improve the academic performance, especially at the Junior High School (SHS) level.
The Wa West District Chief Executive Mr. Seidu Tungbani announced this at the first session of the third assembly meeting at Wechiau, the district capital.
He said the assembly, recognising the pivotal role health plays in the socio-economic survival of the people, had decided to furnish CHPS compounds at Chogsia Siriyiri and Olli to enhance access to health service delivery.
Mr. Tungbani said that notwithstanding, the assembly, in collaboration with the Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA) was to benefit from the construction of 13 CHPS compounds this year.
“To ensure that the district gets the necessary qualified health personnel to render quality health services to the people, the assembly has trained and posted health aids in most of the CHPS compounds and also intends to sponsor 10 midwives this year,” he added.
The DCE informed the house that a contractor was at site for the construction of a polytechnic at the Wechiau Health Centre, adding that a medical assistant had also been posted to the centre.
Touching on water and sanitation, Mr. Tungbani said the assembly, in collaboration with the Community Water and Sanitation Agency under a World Bank project, was to benefit from a small town water system at Wechiau in addition to 50 boreholes in the district.
He, however, said the district was to deposit GH¢50, 000 as counterpart funding in CWSA accounts before the commencement of the project.
The DCE said the assembly also intended to drill six boreholes and provide sanitary facilities in five institutions through the District Assemblies Common Fund.
He said the assembly had decided to purchase 200 low voltage poles to hook 30 communities to the national grid, while the Volta River Authority would also plant a transformer at Wechiau to ensure regular power supply.
“I must also add that although there have been some pockets of land and chieftaincy disputes in the district, we have managed them to observe relative peace in the area over the last two years. I urge the citizenry of the district to be humble, tolerant, and law-abiding and above all be one another’s keeper,” Mr. Tungbani stressed.
He implored chiefs in the district to always collaborate and co-operate with the district assembly in building peace blocks among families, clans or tribes and communities.
Mr. Tungbani commended the District Coordinating Director, Mr. Abdul Salaam Kadir and staff of the assembly for their hard work which enable the district to be ranked second in the 2009 district development facility assessment.
He urged them to work harder as a team to achieve better marks in the 2010 assessment slated for September, this year.
Source: Daily Graphic
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