News:
November 28, 2015
Member of Parliament (MP) for Wassa Amenfi East, Mr Akwasi Oppong-Fosu, has instituted a scholarship scheme with a seed capital of GH₵ 50,000, to support brilliant but needy students in the area.
According to him, he also used his influence to secure 34 classroom blocks through the Ghana Education Trust Fund to the area while the district has also benefited from the World Bank and European Union educational complex project.
Touching on other infrastructure projects allocated to the area, the MP said five communities have benefited from rural-urban water system project, 42 community-based health planning services compounds, six health clinics, while Ayanfuri/Bogoso road, which was in a deplorable state is under construction.
Mr Oppong-Fosu added that 30 mechanised boreholes have been dug for some communities, to resolve the water shortage experienced in the area while 25 others would be provided soon.
He said more communities have been connected to the national grid electricity grid, which had enhanced the socio-economic lives of the people while 10.4-kilometre town roads have been earmarked for asphalting at a cost of GH₵ 21.4 million.
Mr Oppong-Fosu pledged to work in tandem with the chiefs and other development partners to propel the development of the area forward.