By J. K. Nabary
Awutu Bawjiase (C/R), Sept 18, GNA-The Chiefs and people of Awutu-Senya constituency have applauded the government for initiating massive development projects to improve livelihoods across communities in the country.
The traditional leaders led by Naakye Dede Akaabi XIII, paramount Queen Mother, and Nai Awashie Amartey III, Acting President of Awutu Traditional Council made the commendation on behalf of their people at the ‘accounting to the people’ forum at Awutu-Senya District Assembly at Awutu Bawjiase.
The forum was for the District Chief Executive for Awutu-Senya- West, Mr Kalala Nyamekye Eghan and the Member of Parliament (MP), Madam Gizella Tetteh Agbotui to account for their stewardship for 2025 to date on ongoing and planned projects, and seek their views, identify community priorities and strengthen collaboration.
They praised the government typically on some crucial initiatives like the Big Push (major road construction, critical bridges and highway expansions), which would afterwards open up communities to link rural agricultural hubs to major urban markets, the 24-hour market centers aimed at boosting local trade and creating jobs as well as the Women’s Bank for women to access loans to expand their businesses without hindrances.
They assured the government of continuous support in the implementation of development, interventions being implemented in Awutu-Senya constituency.
They also applauded Madam Tetteh Agbotui, who is also the Deputy Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, the DCE, and the Assembly Members for championing projects and intervention of the President in the District in accordance with laid down instructions and regulations.
The Traditional Rulers also commended the Central Regional Minister, Mr Ekow Panyin Okyere Eduamoah for his supervisory role to ensure that people in the various districts in the region benefited from their share of the Common Fund and other grants.
Madam Agbotui highlighted some of her achievements including facilitating the repairing of 1,400 faulty streetlights, and providing 1000 new streetlights at Bawjiase.
She said she lobbied for a Pick-up for Bereku Police Station to intensify operations and constructed a waiting stand at the premises of Bawjiase police station.
On Education, she enumerated a number of interventions such as providing uniforms for some 550 students, while more than 2,000 teachers benefited from in-service training to build their competences, and had also organised teachers’ awards.
Still on education, Madam Agbotui stated that100 students in tertiary institutions received GHC1,500.00 each on bursaries and scholarships were offered to deserving students.
The MCE outlined some of the development projects undertaken by the Assembly during the year under review to include the construction of Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds at Awutu Akrampa and Okulu Nkwanjta, six–unit classroom block at Bosomabena, three-unit classroom and two-unit KG blocks at Loye.
He announced that mechanised boreholes had been sunk at Akropong, Papase, Bawjiase Baah City, Biakoye and Mankromeda, and a teacher’s bungalows at Bereku and Kofi Ansah and under the two Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement, two classroom blocks were constructed at Kofi Wyettey and at Akrampa.
Under the Nkoko Nketsenketse imitative, the Assembly received 10,000-day-old chicks as the first consignment, feeds, vaccines and medicines from the ministry of Agriculture for the poultry revitalization and after breeding for weeks, a total of 9,200 of the birds survived and were distributed to more than 300 people and institutions.
Mr Eduamoah for his part, stated that the forum was to let the people know what their share of the common fund was used for in 2025 by the Assembly, and to solicit their views on local governance.
According to him, the government would continue to empower all Assemblies to execute more developmental projects, programmes and interventions to improve their livelihood.
Later the government officials led by MP and the traditional authorities, cut the sod for work to begin on a 24-hour market project being funded with the Common Fund.
GNA
Edited by Alice Tettey /Kenneth Odeng Adade