By Jerry Azanduna
Atebubu, (Bono East) Aug 28, GNA – Residents in the Atebubu/Amantin Municipality have called on the Government to address the perennial water crisis in the area.
According to them, acute water shortage in the municipality remained an annual ‘ritual’, urging the government to provide potable drinking water to the people.
They made the call in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Atebubu when Mr Francis Owusu Antwi, the Bono East Regional Minister extended his five-day working visits in the region to the Municipality.
Madam Adjoa Frimpong, a caterer, told the GNA that besides the water problem, poor lightning systems in the local communities was also another major concern of the people.
Nana Kwabena Kyere III, the Adontenhene (sub-chief) and the Acting President of the Atebubu Traditional Council, urged the government to tackle the water crisis with urgency.
He also called for improved streetlights as well as upgrade of the Atebubu Hospital and the reshaping of the Amantin-Yeji road to spur economic growth and development.
Nana Kyere said infrastructure development at the Atebubu College of Education ought to be improved as well.
Earlier addressing the people, Mr Antwi said plans were far advanced in tackling the water crisis in the municipality.
He noted that Atebubu was among the largest maize producing towns in the region, saying the government would soon establish a farmer service centre to train the maize farmers to produce more and to better their socio-economic livelihoods.
Mr Antwi said about 40,000 acres of land had been acquired for commercial farming projects and urged traditional authorities to support the project.
He said very soon the people would see the reshaping of the access roads at the Atebubu College of Education while the Atebubu Government Hospital would also be upgraded, saying a contract had been awarded and work on the reconstruction of the Amantin-Yeji road would commence soon.
GNA
Edited by Dennis Peprah/Lydia Kukua Asamoah