The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Member of Parliament (MP) for Akyem Oda, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, has inaugurated seven development projects, at a cost of GH¢1.5 million, for four communities in the Birim Central Municipality in the Eastern Region.

The beneficiary communities are Oda, Akyem Aboabo, Gyadam and Essam while the projects are water, educational, health and sanitation facilities.

The Birim Central Municipal Junior High School (JHS) classroom block at Oda Zongo was rehabilitated while at Srodae, also at Oda Old Town, a modern 20-seater public place of convenience with four baths were provided.

At Gyadam, the MP inaugurated a child welfare clinic/antenatal centre, with Essam being provided with a mechanised borehole and a 10-seater public place of convenience. At Akyem Aboabo, the MP inaugurated a modern store, an office and staff common room and water closet toilet facility for the staff and pupils of the local Salvation Army JHS.

Proper care

Inaugurating the facilities at separate functions, Mr Acquah said the facilities which were financed with his share of the District Assemblies Common Fund, were in response to appeals by the community leaders.

He advised the beneficiaries of the facilities to take proper care of them to last long.

The MP stated that the projects were awarded to local contractors who recruited workers from the beneficiary communities to create jobs for some of the unemployed youth in the area.
Mr Acquah promised to provide a modern health centre for Gyadam to cater for the growing population.

In response to the lack of toilet facility at the Oda M/A JHS, the MP assured them of a water closet public place of convenience to improve sanitation in the institution.

Commitment

The Birim Central Municipal Director of Education, Esther Quaye Sowah, commended Mr Acquah for his commitment to education development in the municipality.

She stressed that the MP had for the past four years been providing all final-year JHS pupils with mathematical sets and also had being organising super mock examinations for the final year pupils to prepare them adequately for the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

Other speakers at the function included the Oda Zongo chief, Alhaji Sulemana Adamu, and the Queenmother of Akyem Aboabo, Nana Owusua Akoto.