WAEMA Commissions Health and Education Infrastructure Projects

Posted on 22nd. August, 2019

Wassa Amenfi East Municipal Assembly has commissioned three infrastructural projects constructed for the Municipal Government Hospital and the Ghana Education Services to boost the service delivery of the beneficiary institutions to the public.

The projects comprised an ultra-modern maternity block with various components constructed by Joethur Limited, a new three classroom block with ancillary facilities at Ntowkrom constructed by Global House Limited and a rehabilitated six classroom block at Abreshia.

The maternity block was funded with the District Development Facility at a cost of Gh¢410,410.35 while the newly constructed three classroom block with ancillary facilities at Ntowkrom was funded with proceeds from the District Assembly Common Fund at a cost of Gh¢232,111.64 and the rehabilitation of Abreshia Primary School funded with Internally Generated Funds cost Gh¢179,344.20

The Municipal Chief Executive, Hon. Helena Appiah in her remarks at the commissioning of the projects, indicated that health and education were critical areas for socioeconomic development and the Assembly would in line with government policies provide accessible and equitable healthcare and education for all in the municipality. 

She said the newly constructed ultra-modern maternity block for the Municipal Government Hospital would solve the challenge of inadequate space for mothers who come to seek for   healthcare at the hospital.
She also noted that the various components of the facility, such as the dispensary, the delivery room and the staff offices among others would provide the congenial atmosphere for the hospital staff to attend to their clients on time. 

The Municipal Chief Executive said the continues increase enrolment in schools has placed a greater responsibility on the assembly to deliver the needed infrastructure at the basic level to prepare the pupils adequately to take advantage of the government’s free education policy to sail through on the educational ladder to become responsible citizens to contribute to national development.  
In that regard, the assembly would intensify efforts to get teachers to fill the vacancies in all the schools in the municipality to facilitate teaching and learn to meet the set educational standards especially with the planned rollout of the new educational curriculum in the next academic term.

She urged the user agencies to take good care of the facilities and cautioned the school authorities not to allow school facilities to be used for unintended purposes such as religious worships which sometimes come with the associated breakdown of school furniture.
She assured the people of Ntowkrom that their roads would be fixed and electricity and internet facilities extended to the community to enable them link up with the rest of the communities in the municipality and beyond with easy in all aspect of life.

The Municipal Director of Education, Mr. Edmund Aggrey-forson pledged to monitor the teachers to ensure that the educational facilities are put to good use and also ensure that teachers posted to the municipality are send to schools without teachers. 

SOURCE:   ISD