Spain pledges support for Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo constituency

Three Town Councils on the Island of Menarco in Spain have pledged to support the Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo Constituency in its development if it was elevated to the status of a District.

The Island of Menarco has been responsible for the establishment of the Binde Clinic in the West Mamprusi District of the Northern Region that is due to be turned into a hospital soon through the provision of 80 beds and the construction of a theatre and a mortuary.

Namburr Berrick, Member of Parliament said this in Accra after he and the chiefs and elders from the area received a 12-member Spanish delegation led by the Lord Mayor of Menarca, Havier Tohero Isla.

He said the Spanish team has already pledged to support towards infrastructure development and to give financial assistance to health personnel in the area for the next three years.

The delegation, made up of other Mayors, Advisors, Diocesan Mission delegate Pharmacists, Coordinator of Funds for Co-operation and Overseas development and media personnel later called on the Majority Leader, Papa Owusu-Ankomah.

Papa Owusu-Ankomah thanked the delegation for their support and encouraged them to continue to support the area because of its lack of adequate socio-economic requirements and pledged government's promise of creating more districts in the country.

Berrick appealed to the team for further support to improve education facilities in the area to improve the living conditions of the people and to create job opportunities for the rural people, especially the women and youth groups.

The MP appealed to the government to consider completing the Police Barracks at Bunkpurugu, establish new ones at Binde and Yunyoo and to consider extending electricity supply to the sub-district capital - Bunkpurugu and to complete the road network from Nakpanduri to Bunkpurugu.