Juaso (Ashanti Region) 29 April ?99
Ghana Telecom is to provide a telephone exchange with 1,000 direct exchange lines at Juaso in the Asante-Akim South district.
Mr James Boadi Danquah, the District Chief Executive, has said Obogu, Atwedie, Bompata and Asankare are among the communities that would have access to telephone facilities after the completion of the project.
He told the ordinary meeting of the assembly at Juaso that a site for the project had already been prepared.
Mr Danquah said another company, Capital Telecom, has expressed interest to provide the "Wills Telephone System" in the district.
He, however, explained that only communities that enjoy electricity could benefit from the facility because the facility uses electricity.
The District Chief Executive spoke of efforts being made to improve on the road network of the area, saying, the government has voted 583.5 million cedis towards the rehabilitation of the Juaso-Obogu-Nkyesa road.
Contract for the project has been awarded and its completion would significantly improve transportation of foodstuffs to the marketing centres, he said.
