News:
October 13, 2025
Wa East District Chief Executive (DCE) Adamu Sayibu has highly commended the Member of Parliament for Wa East, Dr. Godfred Seidu Jasaw, recounting that but for him the whole world would have heard of the challenges they have in the district and would have gotten out of hand.
According to him the MP has shown leadership despite the fact that his party, for the past eight years was not in power.
In an interview, the DCE noted that the MP has drilled more than thirty boreholes across the district, and also partnered some Non-Governmental Organisations who came in to support. Also through his involvement, a clinic is being built at Wasser to aid in health delivery.
Other areas that have seen the support of the MP is sanitation and supply of furniture to support basic schools.
“Last year he sponsored over two hundred students that are in the tertiary institutions. This year, he has expanded and paying full school fees for those doing specialized courses in medicine, pharmacy, and computer engineering.
So, if you are a student from that rural area, you can get an amazing opportunity to do this course. He did not pay for one year but full course until you complete the school”, the DCE pointed out.
Network Challenges
Another thorny issue confronting the district is network challenges, and the DCE stated that even some communities in the district capital do not have network to operate their mobile phones.
“We have been able to liaise with the GIFEC department, and they have extended some of rural telephone centers to some of the communities. But because of lack of electricity, some of them cannot function, so the MP again is extending electricity to these areas for network and rural telephone centers so that people can have access to communication.
Roads
The road network in the district is terrible, according to the DCE who stated that apart from some 1 kilometer road from the market to the DCE’s residence, the whole district is without a tarred road.
He alluded to the fact that the way and manner the district is carved is also a contributing factor to their road challenges, stating “the way it was carved also has administrative challenges, it is too vast. We are starting from the Upper East Region, down to the Savannah region. We share boundaries with all these areas. So, if you are the DCE, and you want to go to the other side, even you cannot come back to your district capital the same day so it’s too vast”.
“And because of these challenges, the roads are too terrible. If not, as I was saying, our location is very strategic. Because if you have Savannah here, North East, Sissala East you can do a lot of businesses with them, but the infrastructure is just not there; it is a challenge that we are not able to do these things. But we are hoping that the kind of resources we are receiving, we are going to turn things around, he added.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com