WATER COMPANY EXTENDS POWER TO BUSUMASE (PAGE 3)

THE Western Regional branch of the Aqua Vitens Rand of the Ghana Water Company Limited has extended electricity to Busumase, the host community for its main water collection point in the Mpohor District in the Western Region.
The company will also bear the cost of electricity used by the community for domestic purposes.
Apart from extending the electricity to the community, the company has provided the town with street lights.
The people of the community, who could not hide their excitement, said the location of the company’s collection point in the community gave them hope for extension of certain facilities to them.
At the inaugural ceremony, the General Manager in charge of Commercials, Mr Cor Lievers, said it was very important that corporate bodies and their host communities related well to ensure industrial and social harmony.
“Therefore, we thought it right to provide the community with electricity, as we can not ignore the community when it comes to fulfilling our corporate social responsibilities,” he said.
He said apart from the fact that the town would be illuminated at night, it would also provide the comfort for schoolchildren to study at night to help them improve academically.
Mr Lievers, however, cautioned the people not to use the power for commercial purposes and that they should be ready for challenges such as interruption in power supply, which might happen once in a while.
The Regional Chief Manager, Mr Emmanuel Ashia, said the company had provided some few facilities for the community, including the replacement of a weak footbridge.
The chief manager said the beneficiaries of the water they collected from the Busumase were consumers in the Sekondi/Takoradi metropolis.
Therefore it was just right to ensure that host community also benefited from electric power.
He said since the establishment of the plant in 1996, the company and the community had no misunderstanding, saying, “that is a sign of brotherliness and we have to cherish it and to further explore how best we can complement each other’s efforts”.
He explained to the community that although the power provided was not enough to undertake industrial activities, the company would consider request for use of the power for small scale commercial activities.
“What we are saying is that we are responsible for your domestic use of the electricity. Therefore, if somebody wants to establish a commercial business, the person should apply to use the power for commercial purpose to attract the appropriate billing,” he said.
The chief of the town, Nana Kwesi Asafoah Ntiful, was grateful to Ghana Water Company for the project and expressed the hope that it would go a long way to make the community more attractive.