MINISTER FOR SANITATION AND WATER RESOURCES PAYS A MONITORING VISIT TO BROSANKRO

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah paid a one day working visit to Brosankro in the Tano South Municipal in the Ahafo Region of Ghana.

                      

Some Dignitaries at the programme

The Minister in her address thanked the chief and people of Brosankro for their patience and warm reception. She continued that, water is a basic necessity and President Akufo Addo acknowledges that and due to that Brosankro was not exempted. He has tasked her ministry to do everything possible to make sure every community in the country have an easy access to clean water and that is why Brosankro hasn’t been left out.  She said, the visit was just to monitor the project and in the right time, it will be commissioned, hopefully by the president himself. She ended by mentioning the government’s commitment to better the lives of all Ghanaians and urged all and sundry to aid the realization of the President’s dream.

                         

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah  speaking at the gathering

The MCE for Tano South, Hon. Collins Offinam Takyi also thanked the government for fulfilling his promise and working within the stipulated time for the project to be completed. He asked the people of Brosankro to practice a very good maintenance culture so as to get the project last longer and serve its intended purpose   

   

                         

MCE for Tano South, Hon. Collins Offinam Takyi educating them

The Krontihene of Brosankro, Nana Kwasi Prempeh addressing the gathering expressed his profound gratitude to the government for not leaving his town out because it has been in need of water for long. He said, just like Oliver Twist, the will always ask for more so he pleads with the minister and the government to upgrade Brosankro health post and also fix their roads leading to the Old Town  because they are in a bad state. In conclusion, he bid the minister a safe journey back and asked her to convey his requests to the president.

TANO SOUTH MCE TOURS REGISTRATION CENTER

The Municipal Chief Executive for Tano South, Hon. Collins Offinam Takyi has visited some registration centers in the Municipality to ascertain himself how the registration is going on at the centers.

His tour started from Biokrom, the MCE and his team had their temperatures checked with the thermometer gun among other COVID 19 protocols before being allowed to pass through. At the first stop, the Registration Officer said as at the time he got there, about 54 people had registered meanwhile other officers added that a lot people had been registered.

                

Hon. Takyi was impressed with the ECs adherence to the COVID 19 safety protocols at the centers but enquired if the officers had face some challenges to which, the Registration Officer replied that everything was going on well and called on citizens of the country who are eighteen (18) years and above with sound mind to see this as a national duty and go out in their numbers to register while observing the COVID 19 protocols as outlined by the Electoral Commission to prevent the pandemic.

He reminded them not to forget their proof of identity either the national ID, Passport or two guarantors who has already registered.   

DEPUTY MINISTER DONATES PPEs TO RELIGIOUS BODIES TANO SOUTH

The Deputy Minister for Ahafo Region, Hon. Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere has donated PPEs to Churches and Mosques in the Tano South Municipality to help prevent covid-19.

MP donating items to Religious leaders 

In his address, Hon. Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere told the gathering that, the President has promised to protect citizenry in the country and the church is not left out and that is the reason why the government has extended a helping hand to the churches and mosques in the sharing of the PPEs. He said religious bodies in Ghana have played a key role in the fight against Corona virus and Ghanaians are thankful. Hon. Sekyere entreated them to keep interceding for the country since he believes it is only God’s intervention that would make the corona virus pandemic a thing of the past. He ended by pleading with them to make good use of the items and observe all the social distancing protocols so that the spread of Covid-19 will be controlled.

                                    

The MP and Deputy Minister for Ahafo Region Hon. Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere speaking at the programme

Rev. Frimpong Boadu, Chairman for Bechem Christian council, accepting the items, thanked the Minister for the kind gesture and applauded the government for the committed and fierce fight against the corona virus pandemic. He continued that though Ghanaians are praying, it is necessary to observe the social distancing protocols and practice all preventive measures to reduce the spread of the various. Rev. Boadu advised his fellow religious leaders to help preach the gospel of preventing covid-19 to their members any time they are in front of the congregation and promise  the minister that the items would be well taken care of and used for their rightful purposes and that they would keep interceding for the country.    

                          

Rev. Frimpong Boadu, chairman for Bechem Christian council talking at the function