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| Karaga MP |
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Karaga in the
Northern Region, Alhassan
Sualihu Dandawa continues to give back more development projects to the
communities within his constituency in fulfillment of his promise to address
the development needs of the people.
His ability to respond swiftly to the demands and
development needs of the people has to a large extent made him an “icon” in the
eyes of majority of the people, and also gained much acceptability in most of
the communities.
This was evident when the Chiefs and people of
Bagurugu, a deprived community in the Karaga District openly showcased their
exhilaration at the inauguration of an ultra modern health centre built by the
Member of Parliament in collaboration with the community and the District
Assembly.
The Community had been in a dire need of a health
centre for decades now following their huge population and the long distance
between them and the nearest health centre.
Almost all the over 3,153 residents including the
Chief and his elders poured out in their numbers to meet the MP, Alhassan
Sualihu Dandawa and the District Chief Executive for Karaga, Yakubu Imoro who
is also a native of the community on arrival amidst endless cheers, drumming and
spectacular popular Damba Dance in honour of the two political heads of the
district.
At a
colourful durbar to inaugurate the facility, the Chief of Bagurugu, Naa Ziblim
Fuseini revealed that the people of the area had suffered in the time past especially
pregnant women in accessing healthcare delivery from Pishigu which is the
nearest health post at a distance of over 26 kilometers.
The Chief noted that even though the ruling government
through the District Assembly and MP had supported the community with
electricity, boreholes, schools, and also reshaped their roads, the
construction of the health facility was one most important legacy he and his
people would forever remember.
“We thank our MP very much for prioritizing the health
needs of my people. This facility has taken away our greatest burden especially
for our women who are pregnant or are in labour. Previously, these women were
carried on bicycles and motorbikes to Pishigu on a very bad road. But now
because of this facility we have our own health personnel stationed in this
community so it is a big joy for us”.
The Chief, who pledged massive support for the MP and
the NDC government in 2016, said that the only way they could reciprocate the
gesture and also get more development was to retain them.
Meanwhile, the MP for Karaga, Alhassan Dandawa in the
last two and half years has connected over 18 communities onto the national
electricity grid and also lobbied the government for the development of most
feeder roads in the District in 2014 at the cost of 9 million Ghana Cedis at
the overseas area of the district.
He said that he had also helped in securing 5 million
Ghana cedis this year 2015 through the Urban Roads to develop the Karaga town
road of which tender had already been opened for bidding by contractors.
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| MP for Karaga, Alhassan Dandawa (r) and Chief of Bagurugu, Naa Ziblim Fuseini (mid) cutting ribbon to open Bagurugu Health Centre |
The Karaga MP also said that an Inventory Report had
been submitted to the Roads Ministry for approval for the bidding for the
construction of roads in the Konkomba areas of the district.
According to Mr. Dandawa, his intension to open up the
road sector in the district was to facilitate economic activities of the
people, connect the district to other market centres and also reduce maternal
mortalities in the district resulting from inaccessible roads. He is currently
working on some of the feeder roads in the district including the
Nambrugu-Nakpalagu road, Nakpalagu-Pagli road, Zandua-Kokpliga road,
Zandua-Galabihi road and also tarring the Somoa-Tanga and the Old Market urban
roads in the Karaga township with support from the government.
The MP for Karaga also renovated the Pishigu nurses
bungalow last year and provided a number of boreholes. Mr. Dandawa also
presented 10 flat screen computers and 10 set of streetlights to the Karaga
Senior High School last year, and also presented 2 flat screen computers to the
Karaga District NHIS office, repaired the broken down NHIS vehicle at the cost
of GHC3, 000 and also donated 2 computers to the Karaga District Police and
also repainted the Police Station.
Before the inauguration of the Bagurugu Health centre,
the MP also donated 12 brand new motorbikes with crash helmets to the 11 health
facilities in the Karaga District and also presented four double deck
refrigerators to the Karaga District Hospital, Pishigu health centre, Tamalegu
Health post and the Komoayile CHPS Compound.
Mr. Dandawa who used to be a philanthropist even
before becoming an MP has also installed nine (9) grinding mills in some of the
communities he had connected to the national grid. He has donated two deep
freezers to the Karaga and Pishigu slaughter houses.
He has also supported some needy students with funds
and also gained admissions for many students into the tertiary institutions
across Ghana. The MP announced plans to repair the broken down ambulance
(cemetery van) he donated to the Karaga Central Mosque in 2011.
However, he commended the chief and people Bagurugu
for being the initiators of the project before his intervention to complete it.
According to him, he had always sympathized with the
people of the community especially the women for walking long distances to
other communities to access healthcare.
He appealed to the personnel to show more commitment
on duty and deliver quality services to the people. Mr. Dandawa also appealed
to the Chief and people to also support the personnel in any way they could in
order to motivate them to stay in the community.
Addressing the large enthusiastic gathering, the
District Chief Executive for Karaga, Yakubu Imoro thanked the Chief and people
of Bagurugu for the massive endorsement of the government and the Better Ghana
Agenda. He said that the Karaga District had been one of the districts in Ghana
that had benefited from a number of projects under the administration of
President John Dramani Mahama especially in the areas of education, health,
rural electrification, water and sanitation, agriculture and road networks
among others.
The DCE promised to continue to provide the necessary
development interventions to the people and thus appealed to them to also rally
behind him and the government of the day.
Mr. Yakubu Imoro who is also development worker
underscored the need for the people to maintain their support to the NDC which
he said dated back 1992 and vote massively for the party in 2016.
He assured the people of getting them the necessary
medical equipments, adequate health personnel, accommodation and means of
transport to further boost health service delivery in the area.
The District Health Director, Braimah Mustapha Farouk
who received keys to the facility, thanked the MP and the DCE for the
initiative. He said that the magnificent nature of the centre was more than a
CHPS compound, but the limited number of personnel and the absence of some
essential medical tools had compelled the health directorate to name the
facility as CHPS compound until the necessary upgrading was made.
He promised to make the necessary arrangement to get
the required number staff to manage the facility to befit its beauty.
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