News:
April 2, 2014
Hon. Murtala Ibrahim, Member of Parliament (MP) for Nanton Constituency in the Northern Region is embarking on aggressive initiatives to improve the lives of his constituents.
The MP, who is also the Deputy Minister for Information and Media Relations, disclosed this during a tour with press men to a number of communities that are currently benefitting from these projects.
At Nanton-Kurugu which is one of the eight (8) communities receiving dam rehabilitation project, the MP revealed that though those communities had bore holes facilities the water often dried up during the dry season due to low water table of the area.
According to him, the rehabilitation of those dams were meant to augment the existing water facilities in the communities so as to help address the perennial water shortages and the long distances that people had to trek daily to look for water.
He further noted that his priority was not only repairs of dams, but also connecting communities to Tamale Rural Water Expansion Project. He said currently, a number of communities including Jana and Fazihini were enjoying it. He also revealed that plans were far advance to mechanise some high yielding bore holes to increase the amount of water to the people.
On health, the MP disclosed that he, together with the Municipal Director of Health Services, had earmarked some communities in the area to benefit from CHPS compounds in order to bring heath care to the doorsteps of the people.
Hon. Murtala Ibrahim further made a disclosure about government’s intention to construct a very big and modern hospital with helicopter landing site at Fazihini. To this end, the Deputy Minister told the press that about 50 acres plot had been secured at Fazihini to pave way for the take off of the project.
On economic empowerment of women in the constituency, the MP said through his initiatives, some micro finance institutions were providing credits at very affordable interest rates to women to expand their businesses in the area. He was very hopeful that through those initiatives families were able to provide proper meals in their homes.
On power generation and rural electrification, Hon. Murtala revealed that he sent some investors to explore the possibility of setting up solar energy plants that could generate about 200megawatts in the constituency. He said the feasibility work had been carried out and the investors were ready to start the project. He also disclosed his intention to connect all communities in the constituency to the national electricity grid. That the MP was very sure of achieving because of the number of communities that were currently benefiting from the Rural Electrification Project in the area were many. He said “by the end of this year, only four (4) communities may not be connected to electricity and this he said could be done before the end of his first time of office”.
The MP expressed optimism that those projects would come to light as he was interested in the welfare of his people. He therefore appealed to the people to support him to ensure total development of the area.
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