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Seven communities connected to the national grid

Mr. Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah, The Member of Parliament for Ellembelle Constituency in the Western Region, has connected seven communities to the national electricity grid under the Rural Electrification Project (REP) to boost social and economic activities of the people.

Date Created : 12/16/2020 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Ghanadistricts.com

The beneficiary communities include; Ewerekokrom, Boahenekrom, Kwasikrom, Adjeikrom, Aidosuazo, Muntakwa and Santaso.

The above-mentioned communities located in the northern part of the Ellembelle District are mostly cocoa-growing areas.

Mr. Armah Kofi Buah specified that the Rural Electrification Project was by when he was the Energy Minister in 2016, but immediately the NDC government lost power, the contractor stopped the project.

However, earlier this year, The MP, had to go and search for the contractor and personally paid the expenses involved for the contractor to complete the project.

The seven beneficiary communities will be added to an existing eleven communities in the northern part of the Ellembelle District (Aiyinasi North) which had already been connected to the national grid by the lawmaker.

In all, sixteen communities in the Ellembelle North (Aiyinasi North) have had electricity through the instrumental leadership of Emmanuel Armah Kofi-Buah.

Speaking at the ceremony to commission the project, Mr. Kofi-Buah thanked God for protecting the contractors and offering them the opportunity to complete the project timely.

"We will thank God today Aidosuazo, Kwasikrom, Boahenekrom, Muntakwa, Santaso, Adjeikrom and Ewerekokrom are now having Electricity to do their things. I will thank the Chiefs and the people of these communities because it wasn't easy for the contractors, you supported the contractors."

Expressing his excitement over the project, Armah Kofi-Buah who is the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for the area said: "We have finally connected these Communities to the national grid, it is a big deal and the credit goes to these hardworking young men who have spent men's hours in this forest just because they want Ghanaians in these areas who produce Cocoa for Ghana so basically to feel that they are proud of Ghana and to make sure they have access to Electricity."