2 JIRAPA COMMUNITIES GET BOREHOLES (PAGE 20, APRIL 13, 2010)

TWO communities in the Jirapa Constituency are to receive a borehole each at a total cost of GH¢40,000. They are Han and Chapuri.
Also to benefit from the project are the Jirapa and Ullo Senior High schools.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Jirapa, Dr Francis Bawaana Dakura, who initiated the projects, said it was in fulfilment of his campaign promises during the Jirapa bye-election.
He said the two schools and the communities brought the problem of lack of water and inaccessibility to water to his attention and he therefore made efforts to ensure that the water situation in those institutions and communities were improved.
Dr Dakura said GH¢15,000 of the entire amount for the projects were raised from his own resources while GH¢25,000 came from his share of the common fund.
He said he had made a proposal to the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) to consider releasing GH¢30,000 for the commencement of a senior high school (SHS) at Han, since students had to walk for over 25 kilometres from Han to Ullo to attend such an institution.
The MP further said he was making efforts to get computers for Jirapa SHS and also get the school connected to the national grid, while the Ullo SHS would soon receive a school bus.
Speaking at a durbar at Han, Dr Dakura explained some of the policies of the government such as the Youth in Agriculture Programme and the introduction of the block farming to the people, and urged them to take advantage of the government’s programmes.
He urged the people to be patient with the government as it was putting in place the right measures to make the country a better one for all.
Dr Dakura said the government of the NDC was on track and very soon all Ghanaians would reap the desired positive results.
Later, Dr Dakura called on the octogenarian mother of the late MP for Jirapa, Edward Salia, at Chapuri and promised to complete a borehole project in the community.
According to Dr Dakura, that was in fulfilment of a promise made by former President Rawlings during the campaign for the bye-election.
Madam Abiba Salia expressed appreciation to Dr Dakura and former President Rawlings for their support and asked for God’s blessings for them.