Kyebi (Ash), Sept 10, GNA - The chiefs and people of Kyebi in the Offinso District on Tuesday honoured Mr Kwabena Sarfo, Member of Parliament (MP) for Offinso South, in appreciation of his contribution to alleviating some of the hardships in the area.

They said the MP has fulfilled most of the promises he made during the electioneering campaign and are therefore grateful to him. Nana Kwaku Acquah, Ahotie chief of Kyebi, speaking at the ceremony said, for instance that Mr Sarfo has built a teachers' quarters for the town and also constructed a bridge to link Kyebi to the outlying communities.

He said before the construction of the teachers' quarters, most teachers refused postings to the town due to accommodation problem. This situation, Nana Acquah said, led to the mass failure of the junior secondary school pupils who took the Basic Education Certificate Examination last year.

He said with the construction of the bridge the people could now easily transport their farm produce to the markets. Nana Acquah also expressed satisfaction with the mass cocoa spraying exercise but appealed to the MP to help them with their electrification project.

Mr Sarfo expressed his appreciation to the chiefs and people of Kyebi for honouring him and assured them that the other things, which had not yet been provided, will definitely come.

He told them that the roads in the town would soon be rehabilitated while the roofing sheets he promised them will also come. Mr Sarfo announced that when the Post Graduate College of Physicians is opened a satellite campus would be opened at the Offinso Saint Patrick's Hospital to specialise in Urology.

Mr Appiah Ofori, MP for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa in the Central Region who accompanied Mr Sarfo, appealed to the people to join the National Health Insurance Scheme when it becomes operational and asked them to continue to support the NPP to pursue its policies. Mr Prince Oduro Mensah, Member of Parliament for Techiman South, called for unity to ensure the development of the town.