The Member of Parliament for Garu the constituency in the Upper East region, Albert Alalzuuga Akuka has provided small water systems to some selected communities in the area.
The gesture is to ease the plight of the people who are confronted with major challenge of water delivery almost every year.
Residents in the Garu district are the worse affected during the dry season despite the fact that boreholes are dotted in the area, since barely provide adequate water to serve the growing population.
Contaminated water with health threats from dams, dugouts, ponds and lakes mostly serve the people water during the dry season since there was no other option.
The MP in presenting the small water systems procured through his share of the MPs common Fund said the gesture is a means of accounting to constituents and urged the need for urgent action to curb the challenge of portable drinking water.
“Potable drinking water in the area is a major problem facing the people in the locality, which needs to be addressed urgently,” he stated.
Thirty communities across the district are earmarked for the construction of boreholes which are at various levels of completion. Eight communities have had their boreholes completed awaiting handing over.
These communities are Kpatibuarin, Kukbulug, Kpatua-No2, Atamidaboog, Pialug-Maalnateng, Gbanterago area, Zisieri area and Tengsung.
Communities, particularly in remote areas in the district, also lack basic training and capacity to maintain wells, hand pumps and other systems which the World Vision organization has provided.
He said efforts were being made to ensure that resources meant for development projects in the area were not diverted or misappropriated.
Mr. Akuka explained that it was not right for members of parliament to wait until election period to interact with electorates and find solutions to their developmental problems.
He noted that governance was a means of impacting on the lives of the people and must therefore not be seen as a business to amass wealth to the detriment of the citizenry.
The MP expressed gratitude to the traditional rulers in the area and the constituents but urged them to cooperate with him together with other NGOs for more development in the area.
Meanwhile, he has collaborated with the district health directorate to organise a health screening for the people on Hepatitis B, blood pressure levels and other illnesses.
The screening exercise was to ensure early detection of health problems amongst inhabitants across the district for early treatment.
The MP indicated that the local economy thrives on healthy people, hence the screening exercise will help improve on the health needs of the people in the district to boost productivity.
The MP has also organised two effective extra classes to help the youth improve on their education. A total of 150 students in SHS and tertiary institutions have benefited from his share of the MP’s common fund and distributed 500 dual desks to various schools in the districts that are in dire need of furniture.
Christian Kpesese/ ghanamps.com
