RESIDENTS OF HUNI VALLEY CRY FOR A HOSPITAL-NDC,
Story By : Thomas Tetteh
The NDC in the Valley ward has expressed reservations about the citing of a Gari processing factory in the community by the Former MP, Hon. Barbara Oteng Gyasi.
Party's Leadership says their pressing need is a hospital instead. They doubt the survival of the Gari Processing factory since the previous two factories set up did not survive.
Former MP for Prestea Huni Valley, Lawyer Barbara Oteng Gyasi has fulfilled a promise to build a gari and oil palm processing factories at Huni Valley to serve as a source of employment for the youth in the community during the 2016 elections.
But these two factories have not been commissioned for use after the construction.
Speaking at a press conference to express their displeasure at the neglect of Huni Valley community’s share of development and other basic needs in the constituency the Communications Officer, Alex Kwasi Aidoo noted that, that aside the gari processing factory not being feasible in the community, “the land on which these factories were built is flood prone and will hinder effective operation and market.
The NDC wished that the amount used in building these factories was invested in upgrading the Huni Valley Health Centre to a Poly Clinic to reduce the rate of mortalities due to the referrals of minor cases to Tarkwa government hospital.
It is also unhappy about the community’s inability to start community mining as an alternative to the galamsey activities which has been banned.
The construction of Huni Valley town roads which started during the election 2020 campaign season has come to a halt. Residents also lack portable water because most pipelines supplying water to the people were destroyed during the construction of the factory.
The Huni Valley NDC is calling on the government to release funds to the contractor to enable him to complete the project in order to restore water to residents.
Credit: Sir Rich
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