Army Wives Organisation constructs borehole for Nyoglo

The leadership of the Barwah Barracks branch of the Army Wives Organisation (AWO) has constructed a hand-pumped borehole for the people of Nyoglo, a farming community in the Savelugu-Nanton Municipality in the Northern Region, to help address the difficulties encountered by women and children in accessing potable water. 

Women and children in the community used to walk long distances, sometimes to the barracks, to fetch water. 

At an inauguration ceremony to hand over the borehole to the community, the Magajia of the AWO, Madam Hagar Yeboah, said the association was touched by the difficulties women and children in the community had to go through before accessing water.

Long distances

She said it was worrying to see women in the community, particularly pregnant women walking long distances to streams and rivers to fetch water.

She said the provision of the borehole would enable women in the community to have access to safe drinking water, thus helping to reduce water-borne diseases in the area.

Madam Yeboah, therefore, called on people in the community to properly maintain and manage the borehole to prolong its lifespan. 

Commendation 

The Deputy Base Commander of the Sixth Infantry Battalion (6BN), Group Captain Joseph Adu Gyamfi, commended the leadership of the association for taking the initiative to provide safe drinking water for the community.

He said the gesture would go a long way to protect many indigenes of the community from water-borne diseases.

He added that the gesture would also deepen the good relationship that exists between the barracks and its adjoining communities.

Speaking on behalf of the Chief of Nyoglo, Mr Mba Osman Mahama expressed the community’s gratitude to AWO for the gesture.

He said the chiefs and elders of the community would ensure that the borehole was properly maintained and managed to achieve the purpose for which it was constructed.