Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah performing the sod cutting ceremony
The Western Regional Minister,
Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, has noted that the Regional Coordinating Council
was poised to provide a permanent solution to the water problem being faced by
the people of Supomu Dunkwa in the Shama District of the region.
He mentioned that improving water
services and uses, was essential for increasing hygiene and sanitation service
levels that affected productive lives of people.
The Regional Minister stated this
when he cut the sod for the extension of water supply from Ghana Water Company
Limited (GWCL) at Daboase to Supomu Dunkwa.
He pointed out that when the
extension work was completed, it would improve the local economic and social
well being of the people in the area.
He added that safe and affordable
drinking water for all required that there should be an investment in the
appropriate infrastructure to ensure water accessibility to all.
“Ghana has since the mid 1990s been
implementing string of reforms in the water sector aimed at enhancing the
efficiency of the production and utilization of water,” he stressed.
He noted that although the Western
Region was considered to be one of the wet areas of the country, current
figures put it at the lowest rank on the ladder in terms of rural potable water
coverage with just 44.20 per cent.
He attributed it partly to the
difficult terrain in the region, which made access to many of the rural
communities difficult and which had consistently resulted in low investment in
rural water and sanitation.
The Member of Parliament for the
area, Ato Panford indicated that the extension of water to Supomu Dunkwa was
one of his campaign promises and was happy that it was being fulfilled.
He called on the residents to give the contractor all the requisite support to ensure that the project was completed on schedule.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi
