By Samuel Akumatey, GNA
Ave Posmonu (V/R), Sept. 25, GNA – Water for
Rural Africa (WRA), a non-Governmental Organisation is supporting the community
of Posmonu in the Akatsi North District with a fully mechanised water system.
The project, when completed will augment a
borehole donated years ago by a Christian missionary to end potable water
scarcity and its effect on the livelihoods of the people in the community.
Dr Donald Cog Agumenu, President of WRA, at
the sod cutting ceremony for the project on Tuesday said water was a crucial
commodity whose demand outstripped supply, and must therefore not be
compromised or used as a political tramp card.
“Water must reach every community and home”,
he said, and reaffirmed his commitment to bringing water relief to deprived
communities beyond Ghana.
Dr Agumenu said NGOs held the vital role of
supporting government to bridge the development gap, and called on members of
the community to further support the project for speedy implementation.
He mentioned the global risk of water
shortage, and noted that inaccessible roads could most often be traced as a
major hurdle to the localisation of development programme.
The community, collectively agreed to invest
proceeds realised from its annual festival in the project, and won the support
of WRA which is footing majority of the GHC 30,000 project.
It will feature a standpipe fed by a tank
mounted on a six metre tower, and is expected to be completed in two weeks, and
bring to an end, long treks to Agormor and Kpetoe for potable water.
Togbui Avoryi III, Chief of Posmonu thanked
the people for their contributions towards the project, and called on them to
imbibe the spirit of commitment, and hard work to realise the many projects the
community had earmarked.
WRA has provided about 17 boreholes in the
Akatsi Districts alone.
GNA