COVERAGE of water supply in the Ashanti Region has now hit 71 per cent, the highest in the country, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Kofi Opoku-Manu, has said.
This notwithstanding, the Regional Minister said much more efforts would be made at improving the coverage.
Addressing an orientation workshop on water and sanitation in Kumasi last Tuesday, Mr Opoku-Manu said 26 pipe systems and 2,500 boreholes were being constructed to further improve on the water supply in the region.
The workshop, which was attended by metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives (MMDCEs) in the region, was on the theme; “Rural Water Delivery: Overcoming the Challenges.”
Mr Opoku-Manu commended the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) for playing an instrumental role in achieving that feat of 71 per cent water coverage in the region.
In spite of the achievements made in water delivery, the Ashanti Regional Minister said there were still some teething challenges which needed to be addressed.
He said some communities were unable to honour payment of five per cent counterpart funding required for water delivery projects while other district assemblies and households lacked commitment and some contractors also had delayed.
Mr Opoku-Manu asked the assemblies that had defaulted in the payment of their counterpart funding for the provision of potable water under the CWSA project to do well to settle it.
He also urged the MMDCEs to take personal interest in the project and ensure that all aspects of the project were given due attention.
He said the CWSA was doing its part of the implementation arrangement, but MMDCEs, who were at the receiving end, should contribute their quota for the success of the programme.
Mr Kusi Appiah, the Regional Co-ordinating Director, who chaired the workshop, urged the participants to take the workshop seriously because, as he said, “water is life”, and the seriousness they attached to the workshop would influence the communities to also play their expected roles.
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