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The Zongo Development Fund (ZoDF) has commissioned several school, water and sanitation projects in Zongo communities in the Northern and North East regions.

The projects, which are part of the 119 projects completed nationwide by the Fund, include six-unit classroom blocks, mechanized water systems and 10-seater public toilet facilities.

The beneficiary communities in the Northern Region include Tamale Hausa Zongo, which has a three-unit classroom block and a mechanised water system; Mion and Tolon, which have six-unit classroom blocks, and Kumbungu and Chesheagu which benefited from 10-seater toilet facilities.

In the North East Region, the ZoDF commissioned a six-unit classroom block at Mishio and a mechanised water project in Duu.

Similar commissioning will take place in the Savannah Region soon.

The Deputy CEO of ZoDF in-charge of Operations, Alhaji Baba Sadiq Yakubu, and an Economic Advisor to the Vice President, Dr Samuel Kwadwo Frimpong, handed over the keys to the projects on behalf of the ZoDF CEO, Alhaji Arafat Sulemana Abdulai, to the various Municipal and District Chief Executive Executives.

In his remarks to the beneficiary communities, Alhaji Baba Sadiq indicated that ZoDF was created by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to improve the socio-economic conditions in Zongo communities.

Therefore, he said, the provision of school infrastructure and furniture was to promote effective teaching and learning in Zongo communities.

He said the aim was to produce more doctors, nurses engineers, lawyers, journalists and leaders, including Vice Presidents and Presidents in Zongos.

Alhaji Baba Sadiq said the mechanized water systems were to provide potable and accessible water to the people, while the toilet facilities were to improve the sanitation situation.

Alhaji Baba Sadiq affirmed the commitment of the Fund to executing more developmental projects in Zongo communities across the country.

Dr Frimpong urged the beneficiary communities to maintain the facilities well for the benefit of current and future generations.

He said the effective maintenance of the facilities would encourage the ZoDF and by extension the government to extend more projects to them.

Receiving the keys to the projects, the Mion DCE, Mr Mohammed Hashim; the Kumbungu DCE, Mr Abdul Salam Hamza, and the West Mamprusi MCE, Mr Arimeyaw Somo Lucky, lauded the ZoDF for executing the projects in their respective areas.

They said the classroom blocks would ease congestion in schools, especially in this period of observing social distancing as a result of Covid-19.

They said the mechanized water systems would save the women and children from travelling long distances in search of water while the toilet facilities would prevent the phenomenon of open defecation.

The Mion Lana, Muhammadu Abdulai, and the other Chiefs, namely Tolon Naa, Major Sulemana Abubakar (Retd); the Chief of Chesheagu, Chief Abdul Amin Iddrisu; the Chief of Tamale Hausa Zongo, Shehu Dalhu Abdul-Mumin, and the Chief Imam of Kumbungu, Alhaji Hudu Ahmed, commended the ZoDF for providing school, water and sanitation facilities in their respective areas.