Mr Joseph Kwadwo Ofori, Member of Parliament (MP)
for Akan has said government's "Better Ghana" agenda would succeed if the
people allowed it to lay a sound foundation for rapid economic development.
He said as daunting as the task is government has positioned itself to
surmount the challenges in order to deliver on its promises and urged the
people to exercise patience.
Mr Ofori, who spoke to the GNA in an interview, said he would continue
to develop the human resource base of his constituency and that within nine
months as MP he had sponsored 51 students worth GHc 18,000 to pursue
educational programmes.
Mr Ofori said 42 beneficiaries were pursuing university and other
tertiary programmes, five in senior high school with the rest into
information communication technology studies with funding from his share of
the District Assemblies Common Fund and HIPC fund.
He said part of his share of the HIPC and Ghana Education Trust funds
had been committed to cladding a three six-unit classroom blocks including
that of Kadjebi E. P. and Asato Roman Catholic Primary schools. That of
Pampawie would be tackled soon.
On provision of electricity, the Akan MP said 25 communities in the
Kadjebi District had been prioritised to benefit under the national
electrification project by the Ministry of Energy.
Mr Ofori said the eastern corridor road network running through
Asikuma-Hohoe-Kadjebi-Damanko would soon be awarded on contract.
He said feeder roads and bridges in the Constituency would receive
facelift including a bridge on River Asukawkaw to link Dodo-Fie to
Dodo-Bethel and create accessibility to other cocoa growing areas.