Water problems in Dangme West 75% solved

Dodowa, Aug 15, GNA - The Dangme West District had been included in the Three Districts' Water Project under which it would enjoy about 85 per cent supply of potable water when completed.

Mr Michael Teye Adjorwerh-Nortey, District Chief Executive (DCE) who disclosed this to the Ghana News Agency at Dodowa on Thursday noted that the two other districts to benefit from the project were North and South Tongu.


Speaking on his achievements since he took office in August 2005 as DCE, Mr Adjorwerh-Nortey said water was being extended from Odomse to Fiakonyasota and its surrounding villages with the help of Non-Governmental Organisations and philanthropists.


He said Dodowa and its environs were being supplied with water by the Ghana Water Company (GWC), and that other areas like Ningo, Prampram and Dawhenya were already enjoying good drinking water from the GWC. He said the Osudoku Water Project that started in September 2006 with funding from DANIDA, had been completed.


Mr Adjorwerh-Nortey explained that as a result of those interventions, the district had not experienced the outbreak of water-borne diseases, like bilharzia and guinea worm for the past three years.


On Electricity the DCE said 13 communities in the district, were benefiting from electricity under the China Water and Electricity Contract awarded by the Ministry of Energy. He assured communities like Ayikuma-Alikope, Jerusalem-Asutsuare Junction, Agotor-Huapa, Dofor-Adakope and Oyikum that they had been included in the Special Greater Accra Regional Programme, and that they would be connected to the National Grid before the end of the year.

Touching on health, Mr Adjorwerh-Nortey regretted that though Dangme West was the largest district in the Greater Accra Region it did not have enough health facilities.


He said there were satellite clinics dotted throughout the district at Agomeda, Osuwem, Agotor, Asutsuare and Dofor. He said a Saudi Fund had been secured for the expansion of the Dofor Clinic, and that the Prampram Clinic was being upgraded into a Hospital with the assistance of the Paramount Chief of Prampram, Nene Tetteh Djan the Second, and some philanthropists.


Mr Adjorwerh-Nortey said under the Community Nursing Programme, a total of 83 Nurses had so far been trained to man the various clinics within the district.


On Education, he lauded DANIDA and World Vision International for collaborating with the Assembly, to improve educational standards in the district.


Mr Adjowerh-Nortey noted that 70 Teaching Assistants had been trained under the National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP). The DCE said with assistance from the GETFUND, the Assembly had constructed Teachers' Bungalows and provided most schools in the district with furniture and teachers' tables.

He said it was gratifying to note that Ghanata Senior High School had been elevated to a model institution with the Assembly providing five KVIP places of convenience for the students.


Mr Adjowerh-Nortey said the Assembly was securing funds to provide the school with street lights to enhance teaching and learning.


He said under the NYEP, the old structures of Ghanata Senior High School had been renovated for use as the training grounds for the Youth in Community Policing and Computer Learning.


On Road Infrastructure, the DCE said the Djange Bridge which was started by the National Democratic Congress and later abandoned had been completed by the current administration facilitating movement between Old and New Ningo.