Anwanya citizens organise fund-raising towards development

Anwanya (Ash), April 24, GNA- Citizens of Anwanya near Nsuta in the Sekyere West District of the Ashanti Region at the weekend, realized eight million cedis at a fund-raising harvest towards the development of the town.

Projects being undertaken by the community included the rehabilitation of a block of six classrooms for the Local Authority Primary School and electrification of the town. The project was being financed through special levies ranging between 10,000 cedis and 50,000 cedis for both resident and non-resident citizens and other voluntary contributions.

Speaking at the function, Mr Kwasi Owusu, Chairman of the Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo Constituency of the New Patriotic Party, said the Government was committed to the development of all communities in the country to improve the living conditions of the people. He urged the people to rekindle their communal spirit and eschew rumour-mongering, petty squabbles, conflicts and others negative tendencies to ensure the rapid development of the area.

Mr Kwame Agyenim-Boateng, assemblyman for the area, said the projects were estimated to cost over 80 million cedis. He announced that so far over 60 million cedis have been spent on procuring 60 low tension poles and appealed to the people to wire houses on time.

Mr. Agyenim-Boateng, appealed to the Government to provide a transformer so that the town could be connected to the national electricity grid.

He called on the people to pay their levies promptly to ensure the early completion of the projects. Mr. Agyenim-Boateng commended Mr Paul Gyasi, an Accra-based consultant and citizen of the town, for donating two million cedis towards the development of the town.