MCE FOR SUNYANI MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY COMMISSIONS TWO BORE HOLES IN SUNYANI

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the Sunyani Municipal Ababio on Tuesday the 29^th of June 2010 commissioned two boreholes at near Nkrankrom all in the Sunyani Municipality. The two boreholes which cost GH¢7,500.00 each was funded by African Assistance plan an NGO based in Sunyani. Speaking at the two separate ceremonies at Nkwabeng and Olistar Secondary/ Technical the Chief Executive Director of Africa Assistance Plan Bishop David Donkor said it became necessary for them to under take the project because the MCE had made a request to them to help people in those two areas with boreholes because they at times find it difficult to get portable water to drink especially when the pipes are off.

He appealed to the people not to politicise the project but should take very good care of them so that they will last long for them. He continued “The boreholes are not for the MCE who initiated for them, he will leave the seat he is occupying now one day but this project will be here serving you if you take good care of them”. He said that it is only when they take good care of the boreholes that if they ask for another one they will get saying “Africans laugh to receive gifts but maintaining them is a problem”. At Olistar Secondary/Technical in particular the Bishop advised the students to take their studies serious and use their knowledge acquired there after their courses to improve their lives and also create more jobs. He added “I do not understand why in this country people acquire knowledge but do not use them create jobs and improve the lot of the country but rather mount pressure on the government of the day and for that matter the president for jobs”. “America and other developed countries have developed and they have enough food to feed themselves because their scholars especially those in the Agric Sector use their knowledge to improve the Agriculture and thus produce enough food to feed themselves and also created jobs for the people.

The Chief of Nkwabeng Nana Kyere Akyeamfour appealed to the MCE to always involve Nananom and Assemblymen in all areas they want to undertake projects. He continued “I did not know that such an important project was going on in my community until it came to its commission today, if I had known about it maybe the site would not have been here”. He thanked the MCE for all the projects he has undertaken in his community including the tarring of the roads in the area which were constructed by the previous regime but none was tarred.

The MCE Hon. Kwasi Oppong Ababio in his short speech thanked Bishop David Donkor and his Company for responding to his request in time by providing the two boreholes. He also appealed to the people to take good care of the projects so that they will last long for them. Responding to the concerns raised by the chief of Nkwabeng the MCE apologised to Nananom and said it will not happen again. He said the site was not chose by him but the people who requested for the project but if Nananom were not involved then he was sorry. At the Olistar Secondary / Technical the MCE advised the students to take their studies serious so that they may become responsible adults in the future.

The Principal of the school Mr. Olichey Emmanuel thanked the MCE and Africa Assistance Plan for the project. He said the school has a well at the school but it gets dried up during the dry season hence his appeal to the MCE for the borehole. He promised they were going to take good care of the project so that it will last long for them. He appealed to the Assembly and other organisations as well as philanthropist to come to their aid in a classroom block they have started at the school

He said the school has been supplied with Technical School tools but there are no classrooms for the students to use them. The MCE and his entourage were later taken round the school. Entertainment was at its best as the school brass band, sound system and “Boboobo” from Nkrankrom provided music which people especially the students did justice to.