Abutia-Kpota water system inaugurated
A water supply system with the capacity for delivering 280,000 gallons per day has been inaugurated for the people of Abutia-Kpota and surrounding communities in the Ho-West municipality in the Volta Region.
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The $75,000 project was sponsored by the Eon Energy Company of the United Kingdom and executed by WaterAid (UK) and PRONET (Ghana).
The inauguration ceremony was jointly held with a speech and prize-giving day for basic schools in the community because the easy access to potable water had been linked to the recent 100 per cent success chalked up by the junior high school in the latest Basic Education Certificate Examinations (BECE).
According to the chief of Abutia-Kpota, Togbe Tsali IV, school children in the community had spent most of the learning hours to search for water to the detriment of studies, noting that the academic performance of pupils sharply improved after the facility was completed.
He said the water facility had also improved productivity in household management and business at the markets.
According to him, the water facility had enormous potential and was capable of serving the 16 communities in the Abutia Traditional Area and beyond.
The team leader of Eon Company, Mr Richard Godsmith, said the company had sponsored several projects worldwide and expressed satisfaction that the project in Ghana had started showing positive results in the lives of the people.
He recounted the beginning of the project in 2008 through the instrumentality of a native of the community who worked with Eon in London, Mr Robert Azanu, who linked up with WaterAid in UK to engage PRONET in Ghana to execute the project.
The Executive Director of PRONET, Mr Odonkor Oduro, commended the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho-West Constituency, Mr Emmanuel Bedzrah, for the critical role in facilitating the extension of electricity to the community to also support the execution of the project.
The Ho-West District Chief Executive, Mr Samuel Ewoade, lauded the combination of forces that came into play for conceiving and hatching the project and that it was a positive demonstration of international and local engagement for development.
Mr Bedzrah, commended the school for scoring 100 per cent at the BECE and promised to extend support to the school to acquire computer facilities.
A sod was cut for the construction of a school library and information and communication technology (ICT) project for the school. The function was chaired by the queen of Abutia-Kloe, Mama Ayipey Ama III.