Accra Breweries Limited, ABL, through one of its
sustainable development brands, Eagle lager, has completed and handed over a
mechanised solar powered borehole with a furrow irrigation system to the Nabio
community in the Kassena-Nankana West District of the Upper East Region.
With technical support from Terra-Hydro Associates Limited, the 100,000
Ghana cedi facility will not only serve the people of Nabio with potable
drinking water but also reach out to areas such as Gia and Betui among other
adjoining communities.
Commissioning the project, the Senior Brands Manager at
ABL, Jerry Gokah said the gesture is an Eagle brand’s contribution to ensuring
that farmers get good returns for what they produce.
He said in pursuance of
the company’s long term resolve to improve food security and augment the
country’s economic fortunes, similar projects are dotted in some
selected deprived communities of the country because ABL was of the firm belief
that farming should not be limited to just a particular season but also during
the long dry season where most farmers abandon their farming activities to
engage in menial jobs that often results in poor dividends.
Mr Gokah noted that
considering the long term dry season experienced yearly up north, the company
has over the period, focused its attention to providing mechanized solar
powered boreholes to under-served communities.
This, he explained is to offer
small holder farmers an alternative to rain fed agriculture that will enable
them practice all year round farming.
He said for the Upper East Region, Nabio
is the second community aside Yikene to have benefitted from the gesture.
Moreover, communities in parts of the Volta and Western Regions have had their
fair share, stressing that the initiative will be pursued in the years ahead.
Mr Gokah advised farmers in the Nabio community to make productive use of the
facility to increase their yield so as enhance and supplement their income
levels.
Addressing the gathering, the Kassena-Nankana West DCE, George Nontera
urged the community to take ownership of the facility to prolong its lifespan.
The DCE further advised the people to ensure its regular maintenance while
ensuring the safety of the solar panel and other components attached to the
automated mechanized borehole.
For his part, the Chief of Nabio, John the
Baptist Kuwateni was grateful to ABL for the gesture since the community had
been battling with shortage of water for irrigation and household activities.
He said with the intervention, farming activities in the area will be sustained
to better the lives of the people.
The official commissioning of the mechanised
borehole was done by the DCE assisted by Mr Gokah and his Eagle lager team.
Present to grace the occasion was the Activations Manager, George Amoa-Attah.
They later presented cartons of assorted ABL brands with other giveaways to the
community to show appreciation for their contribution to agriculture.
GBC
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