Kpanshegu-Naa Appeals to Government for a Health Centre

Kpanshegu-Naa posed with Diana of Viasat1 TV

The Chief of Kpanshegu, a farming community in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region, Kpanshegu-Naa Awudu Adam has passionately appealed to government to provide the area with a health centre to cater for the medical needs of the people. 

According to the Chief, the community had been neglected for far too long and could not even boast of any specific developmental project intervention by the government. 

Speaking in an interview with Savannahnews, the Kpanshegu-Naa said that the only health facility that was built by the Former District Chief Executive of the area, Alhassan Mumuni became a white elephant after the project was unjustifiably abandoned by the contractor after roofing.

The walls of the building he said developed serious cracks and the foundation or the base also started sinking after six months of abandoning it.

Meanwhile, the Kpanshegu community has about 1800 human population but the inhabitants trek several kilometers to Tamale for healthcare including women in labour.

On the other hand, Naa Awudu Adam also called for the construction of the roads in the area to smoothly link farmers to the market centres and the regional capital, Tamale.

Currently, Kpanshegu with its large population has no school, after the only school in the community was destroyed by heavy downpour some four years ago. 

The Chief said that the majority of the School children in the community had joined their parents on the farm while the others study under trees. All the trained teachers who used to teach in the school according to Naa Awudu Adam had run away after the collapse of the school building.

Commendably, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Salaga North Constituency in the East Gonja District, Alhassan Mumuni cut the sod for the construction of a six unit classroom block for the people of Kpanshegu at the cost of GHC296, 000.00.

The MP who was particularly disturbed about the plight of the school children in the area charged the contractors to complete the project on time to enable the children get back to the classroom.

He also promised to provide trained teachers who would be willing to stay in the community to support the school.