08-08-2011
Narration: In a bid to improve the health sector, government has approved a loan facility to finance 12 district hospitals across the country. The Garu-Tempane District of the Upper East Region is one such beneficiary of this special package, as government through the Octopod fund, has earmarked a 290 million dollar ($290 million ) facility to provide the district with a modern hospital. The health facility would be stocked with modern and sophisticated
equipments to detect diseases for easy treatment. The Member of Parliament for Garu-Tempane, Dominic Azuma Azimbe, announced this at a youth and women forum held in the Garu-Tempane District of the Upper East Region. We bring you a news report by correspondent Isaac Asare
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The youth meeting organized by the Garu-Tempane Constituency youth wing of the NDC, deliberated on the way forward in retaining power come 2012. touching on the Better Ghana Agenda, Mr. Azimbe disclosed that projects undertaken by the government for the past two and a half years, is a true manifestation of the promise made to Ghanaians. He pointed out that Ghanaians are yet to witness tremendous improvement in their lives due to prudent interventional measures put in place by the government. He therefore called for the support of the youth in championing the cause of government so that electorates would judge for themselves. According to him, the district would soon benefit from various developmental projects and mentioned the Rural Electrification project as one of such projects. He said parliament in its last sitting, approved a 103 million dollar loan facility from a South African Bank to connect 500 rural communities in the region to the national grid of which 56 communities in the Garu-Tempane District would benefit from the said project expected to begin in October, this year and schedule to be completed by July, next year. Mr. Azuma Azimbe also touched on the eastern corridor road network which he said would help open up roads linking the three northern regions and beyond. He said government hopes to embark on the project, this October and called on the people to exercise patience since all steps are taken to see to its successful completion. The Garu-Tempane District Chief Executive, David Adakudugu, said government is on course in delivering its Better Ghana Agenda. He described the massive infrastructural development taking place in the country as unprecedented and urged Ghanaians to throw their weight behind government so as to witness more of such developments. Touching on education, Mr. Adakududu indicated that 17,000 school uniforms have so far been distributed to 55 schools district wide, whilst 130 teacher trainees have been granted scholarship packages to upgrade themselves. A new office, he added, has been constructed to serve as the district education directorate, whilst a number of schools have been rehabilitated to enhance effective teaching and learning in the district. Government through the assembly has also constructed 3 and 6-Unit classroom blocks for deprived Kindergartens, primary, Junior and Senior High Schools in the district and mentioned the Garu-Tempane SHS as one of the beneficiaries. According to him the district has over the years recorded remarkable improvement in others sectors of the economy. The Regional Youth Organizer of the party, Robert Yeli-Oni, for his part said the role of the youth and women is critical in attaining ultimate victory come 2012, hence the need to build their capacities through workshops and symposia in order to update them with latest issues of government and the party. he also underscored the urgent need to equip the youth with the necessary resource and logistics to aid them in their campaign.
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