WORK BEGINS ON ASESEWA ROADS (PAGE 38)

CONSTRUCTION works have commenced on the 1.4 kilometres of town roads in Asesewa, the capital of Upper Manya District in the Eastern Region.
The project involves reshaping of the 0.57-kilometre Akateng Junction-Presbyterian School Road, the 0.57-kilometre Water Works Road and the 0.09-kilometre Pentecost Church Road, all of which have been in very deplorable state for sometime now.
When completed, the project would transform the ancient town into one of the finest district capitals in the region.
The District Chief Executive, Mr Joseph Tetteh Angmor, who disclosed this while addressing the assembly last Friday, said the project would be completed within 12 months.
He further stated that since most of the roads in the district were in equally bad state, the assembly had acquired a grader from Germany at a cost of GH¢229,310 to reconstruct those roads.
According to Mr Angmor, shortly after assuming office, he toured the area and identified a number of very deprived communities facing problems such as poor roads, dilapidated school buildings and lack of proper places of convenience.
The DCE, who named some of the communities as Poliwa, Ternguanya, Sutapong, Osonson, Sekesua, Akatawia, Anyaboni, Apimso, Fantem and Resettlement Quarters, indicated that the assembly had taken steps to meet the challenges and called for support from the assembly members.
The DCE said a clinic at Samlesi, which was funded by the European Union, had been completed and inaugurated.
The assembly, he said, would be tackling other projects and programmes in different sectors in the district, including water and sanitation, congestion, particularly at Asesewa, dismantling of unauthorised speed humps, security and the enhancement of internally generated revenue.
The presiding member, Mr Joseph K. Numo, appealed to the assembly members to put aside their political differences and unite to develop their communities.
He expressed his appreciation to the DCE for his ability to procure the grader for the assembly to improve the conditions of roads in the area.