Darkness in communities to be a thing of the past - Says Sagnarigu MCE
He Municipal Chief Executive for Sagnarigu in the Northern Region, Mrs Mariam Iddrisu, has said darkness in the municipality will soon be a thing of the past as damaged streetlight will be repaired in all the communities.
She said the broken and faulty streetlights in Gurugu, Kanvili, Gumani Junction, Kamina Barracks, Wovogu and Wovoguma had all been repaired to provide security for residents in the area.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic, Mrs Iddrisu said the streetlights were fixed with the assembly’s internally generated funds (IGF) and that other communities would soon get their fair share of the street-light project.
Goal of Assembly
She said it was the goal of the assembly to develop the area and help improve the living standards of the residents, adding, “for the past six months I have put the assembly on the spotlight and this has become a centre of attraction for investors.”
Mrs Iddrisu said the lack of security lights in the area was a threat to the lives and property of the people in surrounding communities, adding that the assembly had resolved to extend the streetlight project to all sectors and also ensure that all communities were connected to the national grid.
She said the municipality faced many challenges but expressed optimism that the major ones would soon be addressed.
The MCE said the assembly had outlined some plans to improve on its IGF mobilisation and that the strategies being put in place included the setting up of a computerised data base for all registered businesses.
In that regard, she said, the assembly had tasked all assembly members and electoral area coordinators to gather data of all small businesses in their various communities.
Electronic system
“The assembly will introduce an electronic system of revenue collection and engage more revenue collectors to increase its revenue base. All the businesses registered under us will be made to register on ezwich so that revenue can be collected via the e-zwich system to prevent embezzlement and for which at least 20 per cent of the IGF can be used for physical projects,” she explained.
Mrs Iddrisu said the assembly also had plans to build an ultra-modern market, open up the road network system and establish a municipal hospital.
Mr Alhassan, a resident of Kanvili, commended the MCE for walking the talk in fulfilling her promise to fix the broken and faulty streetlights.
He made a passionate appeal to Mrs Iddrisu to fix the Kanvilli community roads which was in a very deplorable state, adding that “the homes of many residents get flooded whenever it rains and the whole area of Kanvilli and its surroundings become inaccessible.”