Takyikrom (Ash), Jan 08, – A GH₵8,500.00 borehole with an overhead
tank, has been completed at Takyikrom, a farming community in the Asante-Akim
South Municipality, ending decades of struggle with potable water.
The project was funded by citizen
of from the community, who are resident outside and have come together to form
a social organization called “Unity Club”.
Mr. Alexander Frimpong, the
Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), who was on hand to inaugurate the facility,
applauded the people for their initiative and drive to improve their living
conditions through self-help.
He said it was the way forward to
speed up the development of the municipality – to make things better for
everybody.
He repeated the assembly’s
determination to give support to communities that took steps to tackle their
felt needs.
Mr. Frimpong said it was important
for all to accept to contribute their quota to the progress of their community.
They could not over-depend on the
assembly for everything, he added.
The MCE said the project was a
good example to the rest of the people in the municipality.
He used the occasion to encourage
everybody to avail themselves of the various interventions rolled out by the
government to make their economic situation better.
Mr. Kwaku Asante, a patron of the
club, said they were eager to take their own destiny into their own hands.
He announced the decision to
build a community clinic and teachers’ accommodation.
He said these would give the
people access to quality healthcare and entice teachers to accept posting to
the place.
He invited the people to support
the construction of the projects with labour for their early completion.
Nana Takyi Boateng, the chief,
commended members of the club for their immense contribution to the development
of the community.
He appealed to the MCE to do
everything to help fix the bad road leading to the community – a major cocoa
producing area.
GNA
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