Twikrom (A/R), June 02, GNA – Alhaji Collins Dauda, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Asutifi South in the Ahafo Region, says his passion for politics is not only to win votes but to leave a befitting legacy for the generation yet unborn.
Hev said the development of the constituency remained his priority, and promised to tackle the development deficit to better the livelihoods of the people.
He, therefore, asked the people to vote for him and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Election 2024 to enable him to achieve his vision for the constituency.
“I am always fulfilled when I see smiles on the faces of my constituents”, Alhaji Dauda stated, when he commissioned an electricity project at Twikrom and Krapoo, hard-to-reach cocoa-growing communities in the constituency.
With the connection of the two communities to the national electricity grid, he said about 95 per cent of electricity coverage in the constituency had been achieved and promised to ensure the few remaining deprived villages would be hooked onto the national grid by 2024.
Alhaji Dauda explained that electricity connectivity and extension in those areas were essential because it would open them up for investment and raise the standard of living of the people while creating employable opportunities for the youth.
He cautioned the 42 households of about 300 residents at Twikrom and the 45 households of more than 400 residents at Krapoo against illegal power connections.
Alhaji Dauda advised them to pay their electricity bills promptly to avoid accumulating bills that could lead to power disconnection.
Nana Yentumi Boateng, the Chief of Krapoo, expressed appreciation to the MP for the power supply and appealed for rehabilitation of the Nkasiem-Krapoo road to facilitate economic activities.
He said the local basic school needed another classroom block to accommodate the Junior High School students as the deplorable nature of the classrooms forced many parents to enrol their children in schools at Nkasiem.
Nana Boateng appealed for potable water for the people as the only mechanised borehole constructed by the MP could not meet the water demands of the growing population.
At Twikrom, Mr Johnson Opoku Tawiah, the Assemblyman for Beposo Electoral Area, said the residents would forever be grateful to the MP for his zeal and commitment to pushing the development of the area to the next level.
He appealed to the Government to construct a metal bridge over the Subin and Tano rivers to facilitate the movement of the people, who were cut off from other communities during the rainy season.
The wooden bridges constructed were in deplorable condition and posed as death traps and it was always difficult for women and children to cross over, he said.
Mr Tawiah said the local school at Twikrom also needed classroom and Kindergarten blocks, desks and learning materials to increase enrolment and facilitate effective teaching and learning.
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