JOMORO CHIEFS, PEOPLE COMMEND SAMIA (PAGE 16)

THE chiefs and people in the Jomoro Constituency have commended their Member of Parliament (MP), Ms Samia Yaba Nkrumah, for her continuous support for the constituency before and after the 2008 general election.
According the residents, Ms Samia had kept her word of her commitment to the constituency.
They were appreciative of the many development projects the MP had initiated in the constituency, mentioning in particular water and sanitation, education, electricity, among others.
The constituents described her as a replica of her father, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, who was the first President of Ghana.
In an interaction with the Daily Graphic in Jomoro, Ms Nkrumah said one of the things she would like to confront head-on was the issue of water and sanitation, which were very dear to the hearts of the people in the area.
So far, she has supported three communities, namely, Beyin, Ngelekazo and Ekebaku, with GH¢6,500 under the Community Water and Sanitation Agency Initiative, towards which the communities were to contribute five per sent.
Ms Samia Yaba said aside that she had also constructed a mechandised borehole at a cost of GH¢7,000 for the people of New Town Wharf.
The MP said she had also contributed GH¢2,800 for the completion of water projects for New Nzulezo and Nuba communities.
Ms Samia Yaba said she had distributed 380 bags of cement to 13 communities for the rehabilitation of their school buildings.
The beneficiary communities include Tweakor, Mpataba, New Town, Mpasem, Akpolornu, Twene, Abyeza and Ahobre.
The MP said she had also provided four packets of roofing sheets for communities like Bentenlebo, Bonyere, Beyin and Nsuano.
She said one of the reasons for becoming a legislator was to serve the people and that she would lobby the party’s friends in government and well-meaning members in society to supplement the efforts of the government to develop the constituency.
“I have not yet received my share of the MPs common fund but I have earmarked a number of development projects which the money would be used for.
The projects include Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centre, vocational training institutes, water and sanitation.
“My focus on ICT and education is to ensure that the people of my constituency have access to skilled training to enable them to fend for themselves or seek decent jobs if need be,” she said.