News:
June 16, 2017
The Honourable Member of Parliament for the Ablekuma North constituency in the Greater Accra region, Nana Akua Owusu-Afriyie has made significant inroads for the construction of the Lafa drainage system to bring relief to residents in the area. As a result of her intervention, the Ministry of Works and Housing is expected to soon begin work on the much awaited Lafa storm drains which has delayed for many years.
The move is in fulfilment of her campaign promise to help curb the annual flooding situation within the constituency by ensuring that drains are constructed and road networks improve to ease traffic in the area. Recently, the Works and Housing Select Committee of Parliament of which the MP is a member paid a working visit to the life threatening lafa drains site which already taken many innocent lives.
The Lafa storm drain stretches over 13 kilometres through NiiBoye Town, Santa Maria, Kwashieman, AwoshieAblekuma, A Lang and Mallam, all suburbs in Accra.
According to the MP several lives have been lost to floods due to lack of storm drains in the area.
MrsOwusu-Afriyie assured of her commitment to ensure the project becomes a reality.
Other promises made by the one-time women’s organiser for the NPP during the campaign trail includes the establishment of a youth and labour centre for the constituency, provision of soft loans and capital for start-up businesses as well as scholarship to brilliant but needy.
Mrs Afriyie said most of the youth in the constituency have found themselves in bad company due to poor upbringing so the career centre would seek to address issues on career parts while providing avenue for them to gain better employment.
She said the labour centre would be a place where artisans would be groomed to offer service to prospective customers when the need be. The projects she said would be realised with the one million dollar per constituency as promised by the government.
By Christian Kpesese/ghanamps.com