Three communities get water, sanitation systems
Three communities in the Nanumba District in the Northern Region have been provided with water systems and places of convenience to improve on their living conditions.
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With the inauguration of the facilities, residents of the beneficiary communities, Makayili, Bincheretanga and Tatale/Sangule, will no longer rely on contaminated sources of water for consumption and they would also save women and children from walking long distances in search of water for domestic use.
The water and sanitation facilities for each of the three communities were jointly financed by the governments of Ghana and Canada at a cost of GH¢4.7 million.
The facilities also formed part of a five-year national water and sanitation project being funded at a cost of 38 million Canadian dollars. The project, which began in 2009, is designed to provide potable water to about 100,000 people within the north-eastern corridor of the country.
Three more to benefit
Inaugurating the projects at separate functions in each of the three beneficiary communities, Alhaji Collins Dauda, the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, said the government had also embarked on a number of projects to build new water systems and also rehabilitate existing ones to provide clean and safe water for the people.
Alhaji Dauda said further that by the first quarter of next year, three more water systems and sanitation facilities would be completed for Nakpayili, Kparigu and Wapuli, all in the Northern Region.
Additionally, a total of 400 abandoned boreholes have also been earmarked for rehabilitation in the region, while more than 80 public places of convenience will be constructed.
World Bank
Alhaji Dauda said the government had also secured World Bank support for the rehabilitation and expansion of 13 small town water systems. Out of the 13, seven had already been awarded on contract at a cost of GH¢38 million.
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He urged district assemblies to train more artisans for the maintenance of the various water systems within their jurisdiction and also set affordable tariffs to enable low-income earners to have access to potable water instead of depending on contaminated of water.
The Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji Mohammed Muniru Limuna, said the provision of the sanitation facilities would eliminate the practice of open defecation which was affecting the health of the people.
Canadian support
Ms Anik Desmules-Raggio, a representative of the government of Canada, reiterated the commitment of Canada to partner Ghana to improve the living conditions of the people, especially those in the rural areas who contribute much to the socio-economic development of the country.