MP summons Minister to Parliament over lack of Water to some communities
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The Member of Parliament for Wassa Amenfi East Constituency in Western Region Region, Hon Nicholas Amankwah popularly known as ‘Home Boy’ has summoned the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources to Parliament over non-supply of water to eight communities in his Constituency.
Considerable number of the population in the Eight communities were struggling to get access to safe drinking water in some of the deprived communities and therefore he contended to push for an intervention to ostensibly improve the water situation for inhabitants of such communities.
Posing the question to the sector Minister, Madam Cecilia Abena Daapah, on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, 20th July, the Amenfi East MP sought from the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources, the welfare accessing to portable drinking water for some communities in the area.
“Mr. Speaker, I rise to ask the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources what steps the Ministry is taking to provide potable water to the following communities in the Amenfi East Constituency; Dadieso, Adiembra, Domeabra, Adesu, Dompoase, Nchiase, Adjumako, and Boyekrom thank you”
In response to the questions, the sector Minister, Hon Abena Dapaah said the affected communities were provided with borehole facilities to enable them to have access to safe water, but due to population increase water supply from the functional water facilities could not meet the current water demand.
Nevertheless, she said in 2014, the Dadieso community was proposed to get water supply from Wassa Japa water system under the international development Agency’s Sustainable Rural water and sanitation project.
However, the sector minister was quick to add that the capital cost for transmission pipelines was huge due to high gravity supply from Japa to Dadieso making it not economical advisable.
Meanwhile, Cecelia Dapaa assured the people of Wassa Amenfi East that there would see marked improvement in water supply when after the approval of next year fiscal policy budget by Parliament.
“Mr. Speaker, the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources through the Community Water and Sanitation Agency has made provision in the 2023 budget to also rehabilitate and provide new water supply facilities,” Hon Abena Dapaah added.
According to the sector Minister, the ministry would marshal efforts and attention to improve accessibility to potable water for his constituents in the shortest possible time.
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SOURCE: Filasconews.com/Kaakyire Kwasi Afari(Afeema Radio)
