MP Akan donates to constituency

Page 16, Jan 30, 2008
Story: Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah

THE Member of Parliament (MP) for Akan in the Volta Region, Mr John Kwadwo Gyapong, has presented 20 television sets, 20 satellite dishes and 13 power generators to 20 communities in his constituency.
The MP said this was to enable people in the beneficiary communities to watch matches of the ongoing MTN Africa Cup of Nations.
The cost of the items was GH¢11,000 and was from the MP’s share of the common fund.
Mr Gyapong told the Daily Graphic that all the 20 communities had television sets and a satellite dish each and that 13 out of the communities that did not have electricity were given additional power generators.
He said no community should be deprived of the opportunity to watch Ghana 2008 matches and urged the beneficiaries to use the items for the intended purpose.
Some of the beneficiary communities are Butase, Todome, Atakofi, Dodi-Akam, Wawaso, Oboasi, Kosamba, Kodibenu and Komkpa.
Meanwhile, the MP for Buem, also in the Volta Region, Mr Henry Ford Kamel, has expressed concern about the frequent power outages in a number of communities in his constituency, thus preventing the people from being part of the Ghana 2008 tournament.
He said some of the communities were unable to watch the Ghana-Guinea, Cote d’Ivoire-Nigeria matches as well as other matches already played in the tournament.
“I plead with the authorities concerned to ensure that communities in my constituency enjoy uninterrupted power supply to enable them to watch the rest of the matches”, he said.
Mr Kamel said people in his constituency, particularly those at Jasikan, were not being part of the soccer fiesta the nation was enjoying through no fault of theirs.
The MP also expressed concern about the MTN cellular network in the area and appealed to officials of the network to do something concrete about the situation.