03/04/19
WE NEED HELP
Residents of Gᴐŋ-teŋ in the Kpone
Katamanso Municipality, KKM, have appealed to the government to provide the
Community with potable water. According to them, water from the only
functioning borehole in the Community contains high iron and chlorine which
makes it difficult for domestic uses. The situation has compelled the Community
members to resort to the consumption of surface water although its safety
cannot be guaranteed. Gᴐŋ-teŋ, which literary means ‘middle of a mountain’, is
a farming Community with a population of over one thousand and one of the
oldest in the Kpone Katamanso Municipality.
Though there are many challenges facing the Township, lack of potable
water has become a major problem for residents, as they have to walk for more
than 30 minutes to access surface water. In an interview with Obonu News, a
resident, Bernice Oparebea, explained that the high level of iron in water
drawn from the borehole makes it difficult to use. A visit to the Community
showed that the Town is not only faced with water challenges but other
developmental issues as well. The road network from Oyibi to the Town is in a
deplorable state; making it difficult for residents to transport their farm produce
to other communities for sale. The Community also lacks access to basic health
care. Residents have to walk for about five miles to Aburi or Oyibi to board a
car to Manpong to access healthcare. Another resident who gave his name as Papa
Kwame, said due to the bad nature of roads in the Community, pregnant women in
labour have to be carried by the youth in the community to Aburi, which is four
miles away, to board a vehicle to hospital. The Assistant Head Master of the Gᴐŋ-teŋ
KKMA Primary School, Christopher Adjei, said lack of classroom blocks has
compelled the School’ management to
combine two different classes into one class; adding that security of the
children is also worrying. Report by Hagar Sey
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