News:
May 2, 2013
About fifteen deprived communities in the Nkwanta North Constituency in the Volta Region are set to be connected to the national grid, Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. John Bless Kwame Oti has revealed.
Among the selected communities include Tujase, Azoa, Abunyanya, Danlandi, Akura, Nyamenboa, Lakpor, Mama-Akura, Kaponwuli and Ojiri.
The rest are Kabila 1&2, Kofi-Akura, Lamina-Akura, Nabu-Akura and Tinjase border.
Hon. Kwame Oti who made this known when speaking in an interview with GhanaMPs.gov.gh further indicated that the project which is solely financed by the Government of Ghana is expected to be completed six months from its time of commencement.
The legislator however asserted that all was set for “China Water”, contractors of the said project to commence work in order to meet their deadline, adding that poles to assist extension of electricity to the various deprived communities has already been dispatched.
He therefore expressed appreciation to the Government and appealed to the contractors to expedite works on the project in order to finish on time.
In other related developments, the MP also noted that seven communities in the Constituency have each benefited from newly drilled boreholes as part of efforts to improve potable water supply in those communities.
He mentioned Tinjase, Katabine, Nabuakura, Kpaffa and Azoa among others as beneficiary communities of the project.
Emmanuel Frimpong Mensah/ GhanaMPs.gov.gh