Madam Catherine Ablema Afeku, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Art who doubles as Member of Parliament (MP) for Evalue Ajomoro Gwira constituency has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is determined to address challenges facing the constituency and ensure smooth development of the area.
The people are therefore urged to support the Government to implement programmes that would solve these development challenges.
Hon Catherine Afeku said this who commissioned a rural electrification project on behalf of the Government at Kakusuazo in the Nzema East Municipal of the Western Region on May 18, 2017, said the project was started by NPP led Kufour Government in the late 2007 as part of a 350-million-dollar Exim Bank facility secured in 2006.
She said the NDC government abandoned the project for eight years leaving residents Kakusuazo to their fate as though they were not part of Ghana.
She added, “This project was abandoned by the NDC Government but we the NPP Government have come into power again and have used five months to complete the project and connected it to the national grid”.
The minister added that she and the new MCE, Frank Okpeyen are going to work together to connect the other communities to the national Grid.
Speaking at durbar, the new Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Hon Frank Okpeyen used the occasion to thank the people of Kakusuazo and the entire Gwiraman for reposed their confidence in him to be confirmed as MCE for the Municipality.
Hon Frank Okpeyen pleaded with the people to have confidence in President Nana Addo and rally behind the NPP Government to bring more developments into the Municipality.
“I’m going work hard with the MP and Minister to construct the bad road networks in the Gwira area so I need your prayers and support”
“This rural electrification project here was done by an American contractor, Weldy Lamont Company and we have to thank the company for the good job done”, he emphasized.
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