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President John Dramani Mahama, last Thursday, inaugurated 11 small town water projects in the Upper West Region, and trumpeted the strides the country had made in the provision of potable water to the people.
 
On his “Accounting to the People” tour of the Region, he inaugurated one of the projects at Welembele in the Sissala West District to symbolically cover the other beneficiary towns.

Beneficiary communities

Among the other towns where the other projects are located are Wichiau, Nator, Gorepie, Manwe, Piina and Jeffesa. The projects were financed by UNICEF. 

The water systems will provide clean drinking water to more than 40,000 people.

The Welembele project, the inauguration of which was greeted with joy by the people, will pump 60,000 gallons a day.

Seven standpipes have been put at vantage points of the town for the people to fetch water.

President Mahama encouraged the people to connect the water to their homes.

The small town water system is provided for communities with a population of not less than 5,000.

Strides

President Mahama said 76 per cent of Ghanaians had access to clean drinking water, the highest in West Africa.

The Ghana Water Company Limited estimates that the country will attain 100 per cent access to potable water by 2025.

President Mahama said 400 small town water systems were being constructed across the country with 61 of the projects already completed. 

He described the socio-economic development that the government had achieved as phenomenal. 

In education, water, roads and healthcare infrastructure among other projects, the President said the achievements of his government were incredible. 

President Mahama gave an assurance that the Upper West Region would receive its fair share of development, and urged the people to continue to have confidence in the government.