Hannah Bissiw, Deputy Minister of Water Resources Works and Housing cutting the sod for the commencement of the project. Looking on is the Ga West Municipal Chief Executive, Nii Armah Tackie and some opinion leaders in the area.
Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw Owusu
Tuesday September 6, 2011.
The acute water shortage that has overwhelmed residents of many parts of the Ga West municipality in the Greater Accra region for decades will soon be over with the introduction of a private company to handle the situation.
Messrs K. Adu Construction & Plumbing Works upon recommendations by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) and the Public Procurement Authority (PPA) has been awarded a contract for the upgrading and expansion of the main pipes at the Amasaman, Abehenase, Obeyeyie and Achiaman areas.
A letter awarding the contract signed by Kweku Botwe, Acting Managing Director of GWCL on June 30, 2011said the project which is expected to be completed within six months will cost GH¢ 961,460.00 including the cost of pipes to be supplied by Interplast Limited at the total cost of GH¢ 467,430.00.
According to Kwaku Adu Boateng, Managing Director of the company, the project which commenced a couple of months ago with active supervision from the GWCL is nearing completion.
“We applied to GWCL to undertake the projects and once we were told that the area was not incorporated in the immediate plans of the GWCL we were happy to complement government’s effort of bringing development to the door steps of the people,” the MD told DAILY GUIDE.
He said “we took the initiative and organized the chiefs and people of the beneficiary communities for the projects. I must say that the communities actively participated and contributed in all the efforts and very soon the problem of water is going to be a thing of the past.”
Mr. Adu Boateng said the company arranged with the Ga Rural Bank for what he called upfront funding for the implementation of the project and that catered for the execution of pipelines to Amasaman, Fise and other areas.
He said statistics at the Amasaman Health Center indicated that acute water shortages in the area had brought untold hardship to the people and may be the cause of diseases such as malaria, typhoid fever, diarrhea, bilharzia and buruli ulcer.
“We are aware of what lack of potable water and poor sanitation can bring to the people and that is why we will continue to partner with state agencies to help ease the pressure on the people.”
Kweku Botwe, Acting Managing Director of GWCL in the letter approving the contract said K. Adu Construction & Plumbing Works had demonstrated “a high level of initiative towards the cause of providing water to people in these areas.”
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