Siiriyiri, UWR, March 30, GNA - President John Atta Mills has launched a GH¢90-million Rural Electrification Project for the people of the Upper West Region at Siiriyiri in the Wa West District, to end his two-day official visit to the Region.

He said 400 communities and 300,000 people in the region would benefit from the project, which would be implemented by a Chinese Electrical Corporation for the next four years.

President Mills advised the people to use the electricity to improve on their socio-economic activities and livelihood. He said his administration believed in equal distribution of resources to all sectors of the national economy and electricity was one of them because it would help promote more cottage industries in rural communities.

President Mills advised the implementers of the project to

keep to the time schedule and also be mindful of the 30 per

cent local content policy of the government. At Funsi in the Wa East District, on Tuesday, President

Mills Commissioned a one-million Ghana-Cedi World Bank

funded Small Town Water Supply system for the people and

called on them to use the facility judiciously to improve on their

health. He also commissioned GH¢1.2 million Electricity Project at

Funsi, which was yet to be connected to the national grid. He inspected five ongoing projects at the Funsi Senior High

School, which cost the government GH¢1.485m and asked the

contractors to endeavour to complete the projects on time for

the school to begin admission in September this year. President Mills said he was happy that some progress had

been made in the district to make life comfortable for the

people. He said all those who said his administration had done

nothing should take time off and go round the communities to

see things for themselves. "Anyone who says my administration has done nothing is

not speaking the truth," he challenged. 93They should go round

and talk to the people and find out from them their feelings

about my government." "I will invite some of my critics to go round the

countryside to see the massive development projects that are

initiated by this government", he added.