The Chief of Manya and Djaasetse of the Paramouncy, Osudoku Traditional Area in the Greater Accra Region, Nene Tetteh Hwazo ll has funded electrification project to Apakye community and fixed telecommunications network challenges.
Nene Hwazo ll, member of the Ga-Dangme council of elders has lobbied and funded for extension of electricity to Apakye community in Osudoku, installed new transformer, change high-tension cables by the Tema Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to solve the erratic power supply challenges in Osuwem and it’s environs.
Osuwem, Lanor communities for over 10-years experienced unreliable supply of electricity resulting in outages and poor voltage trips.
Nene Hwazo ll said the situation has blighted households and in Osuwem, Lanor and other communities.
Mr. Alfred Kwabena Daleku, Unit committee member said the changes of high-tension cables and the new transformer had come at an opportune time because they had endered constant outages in a long while.
According to him, the Osuwem, Lanor communities experienced outages which often extended more than 24 hours.
He added that Nene Tetteh Hwazo ll reached out to the Tema regional manager and expressed their frustrations which resulted the ECG to change weak cables, installed newtransformer and extended the grid to Apakye community to resolved lighting problems.
Nene Hwazo ll spoke against emerging chieftancy conflict in Osudoku Traditional Area, saying that it is not how the paramouncy should be struggling in development. He however called on the National House of Chiefs to appoint experienced Chiefs to address Osudoku Traditional Area conflicts situation.
He expressed the need for strong collaboration between the Chiefs and the government to accelerate development in Osudoku Traditional Area.
Nene Martey Anumle, family head of the Osudoku Traditional Area Paramount Chief and the residents has expressed gratitude to Nene Hwazo ll to extend the grid to Apakye community.
Telecommunication Network Project
The residents of Osuwem have heaved a sigh of relief over the improved telecommunication network in the community and surrounding areas.
The residents of Osuwem say access to reliable network had been a major challenges over the years as it was difficult to receive and make calls, as well as surf the internet.
That, they said, affected businesses, economic activities, research work by students, teachers and other professionals who lived in Osuwem.
However, they were extremely excited when Nene Tetteh Hwazo ll facilitated the installation of the telecommunication mast to resolved the problems.
The residents said they had lost business customers over the years due to the bad network in the town and that the improved connectivity would boost the local economy.
Mr. Daleku Kwabena said he sometimes had to stand at a particular point to access better network, making it worrisome to reach out for help times of difficulty.
The residents has expressed gratitude to Nene Hwazo ll for his continues fight to ensure Osudoku communities had improved accessibility to telecommunications network and other developmental projects.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Andy Cole
