Ankaase (Ash), Aug 10, GNA - Alhaji Akwasi Yeboah, Kwabre District Chief Executive on Wednesday cut a sod for the commencement of work on the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative (RWSSI) scheme in the district.

The project which being sponsored by the African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with the District Assembly would be implemented in three communities namely Ankaase, Ejuratia and Mpobi. A total of 124 boreholes, 4,000 Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) latrines and 40 KVIP latrines would be provided for the beneficiary communities under the scheme.

At the sod cutting ceremony at Ankaase near Mamponteng, Alhaji Yeboah said the total estimated cost of the projects was about GH=A238,000.

He said the projects would go a long way in giving residents of the beneficiary communities access to potable water and also promote good hygiene.

The DCE said that a 12-member committee for the Water and Sanitation Development Board had been inaugurated to supervise the successful execution of most of the projects under the scheme. He said the board, which was accountable to the District Assembly would among others, be expected to initiate and enforce byelaws in water management whiles sustaining the scheme.

Mr Ofori Boadu, Chairman of the Board, urged Ghanaians to make sanitation issues a priority to help the nation achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of access to potable water for all by 2015.