News:
February 4, 2019
The Chinese Ambassador Shi Ting Wang on Saturday 2nd of February, 2019 officially handed over to the government of Ghana one thousand and twenty-nine boreholes drilled within a period of three years.
Sector Minister Cecilia Abena Dapaah received the boreholes on behalf of government, when one, out of the one thousand and twenty-nine was commissioned at Densuso two towns away from Suhum Municipality in the Eastern Region.
The initial one thousand boreholes planed was exceeded by twenty-nine with all ten regions of Ghana benefiting from the kind gesture of the Chinese government.
Break down of the borehole construction across the Regions are, Upper East one hundred and eighty-two (182) Brong Ahafu one hundred and forty-six (146), Volta Region one hundred and forty-eight (148), Eastern Region one hundred sixty-two (162), Western Region one hundred and forty-eight (148), Northern Region one hundred and fifty-five (155) Central Region ten (10) Ashanti Region twenty-eight (28) Upper West eight (8) and Greater Accra thirteen (13).
According to the Chinese Ambassador more than twenty million US dollars ($20m) was provided to construct boreholes in remote areas which hitherto could not get access to hygienic or clean portable water.
Mr. Shi Ting Wang remarked that many people in the country fall sick because of unclean and untreated water, and further pointed out that in the morning students had to travel many kilometers before they get access to safe drinking water.
He further used the occasion to thank Ghanaians, who gave helping hand to the Chinese works who had difficulties when they arrived in the country at the project sites, with some contracting malaria and were treated by the local people.
“In the field of sanitation and water resources, both countries have achieved fruitful results under the leadership of the Minister; the Kpong Water Supply Expansion Project has become a benchmark project, for the cooperation of the two countries”.
We are both exploring cooperation in the areas of sanitation, infrastructure and hope the local communities would take care of facilities and fully use them, as it cements a milestone of our friendship; we have better future ahead with consented efforts from both countries, he remarked.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com