Shama: Mr. Paul Otis Dentu, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Shama in the Western Region, has expressed satisfaction at work done on five new projects within the district, funded with the District Assemblies Common Fund.
According to Ghana News Agency, the government released some 17 million cedis in 2025 for the 24-Hour market and other capital projects. Mr. Dentu assured that the Assembly would monitor to ensure that the various projects at a substantial level of completion were delivered on schedule to serve the community's needs. He, along with the Planning Officer, the Coordinating Director, Works Sub-Committee members, and the Information Officer, conducted an inspection to ascertain the progress of the work.
He announced a commitment to building institutional places of convenience, particularly in schools without such critical facilities, to drive the WASH agenda. The team visited Awuna Beach, where a three-unit classroom block with an office, store, and staff common room had been completed.
At Krobo Bosomdo, the assembly was building a two-unit KG block with ancillary facilities. The Anto community also has a six-unit classroom with additional facilities, while Komfueku had a two-storey classroom with ancillary facilities. In Fawomaye, the assembly inspected the progress on the Nurses' quarters, while at Asomase No. One, the CHPS compound and Nurses' quarters were ongoing.
The Dwomo community was benefiting from a CHPS compound and Nurses' quarters as well, with the district capital receiving a newly constructed Theatre to serve the maternity block of the district health centre. Mr. Eric Aboagye Mensah, the District Coordinating Director, urged the communities to have more trust in the Assembly as it was committed to providing more community services to uplift the living standards of the people.
He mentioned that the assembly had plans for some road reshaping in September to ensure that communities were easily connected to market centres, clinics, and even the assembly. Mr. Mensah called on the contractors to deliver the projects on time as management prepared to meet and make decisions on projects for 2026. The Assembly had also purchased two new vehicles, repaired buses, and other internal fixtures from the Internally Generated Funds (IGF).