Offuman (Brong Ahafo), 9 Oct.,

The people of Offuman in the Techiman district have erected 200 poles to enable them to benefit from the self-help electrification programme. Conducting newsmen round the project, Mr Justice Asare Munufie, assembly member for Abase and Mr Ofosu Boamah assembly member for Dampaso said, so far 15 million cedis out of an estimated 50 million cedis has been spent on the project. Funding, they said, is from voluntary contributions of 20,000 cedis a man and 10,000 cedis a woman while non-resident citizens are paying 25,000 cedis flat. This is supplemented with monies realised from fund raising harvests and assistance from timber contractors operating in the area. Mr Munufie said the government has provided 170 poles which are yet to be erected. The assemblymen commended the Techiman district assembly for providing the area with a community clinic. They called on the Ministry of Health and the assembly to provide accommodation for nurses working at clinic because they travel daily from Techiman, a distance of 22 kilometres daily to work at Offuman.

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