Siiriyiri, UWR, March 30, GNA - President John Atta Mills has launched a GH¢90-million Rural Electrification Project for the people of the Upper West Region at Siiriyiri in the Wa West District, to end his two-day official visit to the Region.
He said 400 communities and 300,000 people in the region would benefit from the project, which would be implemented by a Chinese Electrical Corporation for the next four years.
President Mills advised the people to use the electricity to improve on their socio-economic activities and livelihood. He said his administration believed in equal distribution of resources to all sectors of the national economy and electricity was one of them because it would help promote more cottage industries in rural communities.
President Mills advised the implementers of the project to
keep to the time schedule and also be mindful of the 30 per
cent local content policy of the government. At Funsi in the Wa East District, on Tuesday, President
Mills Commissioned a one-million Ghana-Cedi World Bank
funded Small Town Water Supply system for the people and
called on them to use the facility judiciously to improve on their
health. He also commissioned GH¢1.2 million Electricity Project at
Funsi, which was yet to be connected to the national grid. He inspected five ongoing projects at the Funsi Senior High
School, which cost the government GH¢1.485m and asked the
contractors to endeavour to complete the projects on time for
the school to begin admission in September this year. President Mills said he was happy that some progress had
been made in the district to make life comfortable for the
people. He said all those who said his administration had done
nothing should take time off and go round the communities to
see things for themselves. "Anyone who says my administration has done nothing is
not speaking the truth," he challenged. 93They should go round
and talk to the people and find out from them their feelings
about my government." "I will invite some of my critics to go round the
countryside to see the massive development projects that are
initiated by this government", he added.
