BOREHOLES FOR 12 COMMUNITIES (PAGE 38, NOV 9)

TWELVE communities in the Lawra District are to benefit from 14 new boreholes under the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) and the Government of Ghana priority projects before the end of this year.
This is to ensure that the people have access to regular supply of good drinking water.
Similarly, proposals have been sent to some international organisations for 13 other communities including Birifoh Malba, Berwon, Baakonwgr and Tuopare Tansie to also benefit from similar projects.
The District Chief Executive, Mr Samson Abu, who made this known, said a proposal for the drilling of the boreholes had since been submitted to the Japanese embassy for consideration.
He added that the district assembly was also to receive GH¢80,000 for the construction of a day care centre and a three-unit classroom block at Kambaa and Tanchara.
Mr Abu, who was addressing the second meeting of the third ordinary session of the district, said the amount was a grant under the Community Based Rural Development Programme (CBRDP).
He said tendering processes for the construction of the classroom projects had reached an advanced stage and the contracts would soon be awarded.
Mr Abu said the development of educational infrastructure was a major priority of the assembly and, therefore, it was doing all it could to meet that goal.
He said the assembly would continue to support needy students and teacher trainees from the district.
However, he pointed out that the selection processes ought to be properly streamlined in order to ensure that genuine needy students and teacher trainees were not left out.
Touching on revenue mobilisation, Mr Abu expressed grave concern about the abysmal revenue generation in the district and challenged all stakeholders to be up to the task.