Mr. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, a Deputy Minister for Energy, who
announced this, said that it formed part of government’s nationwide
electrification project, to facilitate national development.
Mr Buah, also Member of Parliament for Ellembelle, visited the 18
communities and distributed free school uniforms and books to school
children.
He said that Government had resolved to improve the standard of
living of Ghanaians, especially those in the rural areas, to enable
them to effectively contribute to national development.
Mr. Buah said that Government was concerned about problems facing
farmers including hazardous weather, unavailability of potable water
and accessible roads.
He said that the northern part of the district, which was
hitherto not captured on the country’s map, was now on the map through
his strenuous efforts and deliberations with government.
Mr Buah said that the area would benefit from a 24-kilometre
cocoa road construction and promised to liaise with the Ellembelle
District Assembly to consider provision of boreholes for the people of
Aiyinase North.
Mr.Peter Alu, an opinion leader of Ewereko, one of the
communities visited, commended Mr Buah for the tour and efforts being
made towards the development of the area.
The District Chief Executive for Ellembelle, Mr. Daniel K. Eshun,
expressed concern over the lack of adequate number of teachers in the
area.
He appealed to the chiefs to forward the results of Senior High
School students who had excelled in the final external examinations to
the Assembly for sponsorship at the training college adding that they
would be expected to return to the area to teach.
Mr Eshun expressed worry the poor results of the Basic
Examination Certificate Examination in the area and appealed to the
teachers to help reverse the trend.
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