NURSES QUARTERS FOR KPABIA ...(Page 22)

Story: Zakaria Alhassan, Yendi

THE Kpabia Area Council in the Yendi District has embarked on the construction of nurses' quarters to provide accommodation for health personnel, to improve on health delivery service in the area.
Kpabia is the second area council in the district to launch a project under the Rapid Results Initiative (RRI) of the Community Based Rural Development Project (CBRDP).
The Jimli Area Council in the district was the first in the country last year to undertake and successfully complete a development project within the stipulated period of 100 days under the initiative.
The project is the initiative of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment (MLGRDE).
It is being funded by the World Bank and the Agence Francaise De Developement (AFD) at the cost of GH15, 000 in collaboration with the Yendi District Assembly.
In a speech read on behalf of the northern Zonal Coordinator of the CBRDP, Mr Baba Imoro Abdulai, he explained that the initiative basically aimed at enhancing capacity of councilors to achieve results.
He also noted that, ''the decentralisation agenda would not be complete without empowering and resourcing area councils and local communities to undertake self-help development projects to better their lot.''
Mr Abdulai expressed appreciation to the Yendi District Assembly for providing the 10 per cent counterpart fund towards the execution of the project and said it demonstrated the level of commitment of the assembly to collaborate with development partners in the long term sustainable efforts.
The Yendi District Chief Executive, Alhaji Mohammed Habib Tijani, said the assembly was committed to the realisation of the noble objective of the decentralisation agenda and would do everything possible to empower the sub-district structures.