The District Chief Executive for Wa East Hon. Ewurah Suleman Kandia on Friday handed over eight motorbikes to facilitators to monitor the ongoing SOCO projects in the Wa East District.
The short handing over ceremony happened at the forecourt of the Wa East District Assembly.
The Government of Ghana (GoG), through the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development (MLGDRD), in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, has received a credit facility of $150 million (out of the total $450 million) from the World Bank to implement the Gulf of Guinea Northern Regions Social Cohesion (SOCO) Project, in six regions in the northern parts of Ghana – namely the Northern, Upper East, Upper West, North East, Savannah and Oti Regions.
Eight communities in the Wa East District are benefited by the SOCO initiative, according to the District Chief Executive, Ewurah Suleman. the project he said will tarmac 0.6 kilometres of the Funsi town road, adding that a dam will be constructed at Naahaa, which will enable the locals to engage in dry-season farming. He also says that a football pitch would be built in Gudaayiri and a Community-based Health Planning and Services CHPS facility will be built at Yaru community.
Addressing the facilitators, Hon. Kandia called on the facilitators to be circumspect in using the motor bikes for the purpose for which they were provided.
He said, “Just as we monitor other ongoing projects in various communities, we will ensure that the motorbikes are put to good use to stand the test of time,” and further expressed gratitude to the government for securing funding to undertake the project.
He indicated that each cluster in the District would have facilitator who would use the motorbikes to go around to ensure that the right things were being done in relation to the project to ensure value for money.
He noted that, the facilitators of the project, together with the Wa East district assembly, would keep an eye on the contractors undertaking all the projects to meet the required standards.
The DCE said the project would be a life-changing one at the end of its implementation; many of the development challenges confronting communities in the Wa East District would be addressed.
Suleman Kandia also charged the facilitators to do their best possible to ensure the efficient implementation of the project to achieve the intended purposes.
