By Benjamin Akoto
Kurasua No.2, (Bono), Nov. 6, GNA-Mr Joseph Addae Akwaboa, the Bono Regional Minister has re-assured the government’s commitment towards advancing rural development.
He emphasised that the government would continue to pursue social intervention programmes that would enable communities to access to basic social services and amenities and thereby better their livelihoods.
Mr Akwaboa said this when addressing the chiefs and people of Kurasua No. 2 in the Sunyani Municipality as he extended his “Accounting to the People” tour to the municipality and inspected some on-going development projects.
The Regional Minister said he was excited about the number of development projects being executed in the region, explaining that his tour was to monitor the progress of work on those projects.
Mr Akwaboa said he was hopeful that the completion of those development projects including health would improve access to basic healthcare in the rural communities.
He inspected construction work on the Kurasua No. 2 Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound as well as three detached staff quarters and a mechanised borehole.
The Regional Minister also inspected work on a six-unit classroom block at the Kurasua No. 1 Municipal Assembly Basic School.
Mr Vincent Antwi Agyei, the Sunyani Municipal Chief Executive noted that construction work on the Kurasua No. 2 CHPS Compound commenced in November 2025 and was expected to be completed within five months.
He said that a telecommunication project was on-going to address network connectivity challenges in the area.
Mr Seid Mubarak, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sunyani East Constituency urged the members of the community to support community development and pledged his commitment to utilizing his share of the MP’s Common Fund for development purpose.
He acknowledged the efforts of the former MP towards pushing the development of the constituency to the next level, however added that his own development interventions remained significant.
The Regional Minister also inspected construction work on the Baakoniaba health center project, and a three-unit classroom block with an office, stores, staff common room and a four-seater KVIP project at Yawmire.
He also inspected the completed three-unit classroom and two-unit kindergarten blocks at Tanoano as well as a three-unit classroom block with ancillary facilities at the Yawhima African Faith School.
The Regional Minister ended the tour after inspecting a storm drain project at the Islamic School at the Sunyani garage enclave, and work on the pavement of the Sunyani main lorry station as well as a football pitch project at the Methodist Basic School at Sunyani Estate.
GNA
Reporter: Benjamin Akoto
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