Eleven communities in the Ellembelle Constituency, in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region have been connected to the national grid under the Self-Help Electrification Project (SHEP).
The beneficiary communities are Salman, Awiaso, Sendu, Aiyinase-Nyamebeyere, Kanokware, Atababo, Ekokonu, Fiasoro, Aluku, Asasetre-Nyamebekyere and Adubrim.
The Member of Parliament (MP) for the area, Mr Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, initiated the programme.
The MP said the extension of electricity to the communities would have a multiplier effect on the communities socially and economically and urged the beneficiary communities to use the electricity wisely.
He said apart from using it to operate small-scale-businesses, it would also facilitate learning and teaching in schools and thereby help raise the standard of education.
The MP, who is also a Deputy Minister for Energy, promised to collaborate with the district health directorate to provide Community Health Improvement Programme (CHIP) Compounds in some communities.
The MP said the government meant it, when it said it would create the needed environment for every Ghanaian to realise his or her potential.
At Adubrim, the MP was carried in a palanquin amidst songs of praises from the outskirts of the town to the ceremonial grounds.
For his part, the acting Manager of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Mr Anthony Asan, called on the people to monitor the project and report faults to its offices for early rectification.
He said the district officers of the ECG would visit the communities to educate them on electricity usage and called on them to manage the electricity wisely in order not to create problems for themselves.
The chief of the Adubrim community, Nana Assua Miea III, commended the MP for always being in touch with his people and his ability to lobby for development and his personal contribution to that effect.
On behalf of the beneficiary communities the Adubrimhene expressed their gratitude to the government and the MP for the projects.
The District Chief Executive for Ellembelle, Mr Daniel K. Eshun, called on the beneficiary communities to remain united and promote the development of their various localities.
He said it was to improve the state of their roads that the assembly had procured a grader to reshape them temporarily until the government got the resources to reconstruct them.
Mr Eshun prevailed upon the communities to rekindle their communal spirit and initiate projects for the assembly to support them.
He also appealed to parents to ensure that their children used the light to study instead of watching television.
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