Over 5000 citizens residing in Pokuase, Amoako and Esienkyem groups withinside the Ahafo Ano East District withinside the Ashanti Region are with out power or standby generator forcing nurses and midwives to supply pregnant girls the usage of torch lighting fixtures from their cellular telephones at numerous CHIP compounds.
Residents from the 3 groups who're linked to any shape of power considering the fact that creation, stated midwives and fitness officers the usage of lighting fixtures from their cellular telephones and torch lighting fixtures as a number one supply of effulgence become not anything new to them. Some girls withinside the region who shared their studies with this reporter on Monday, July 11, 2022, stated they had been constantly in worry while their time are due for shipping. “The Midwives occasionally use telephones and we're pressured to buy the batteries for the flashlights if matters get worse.
"The scenario has positioned maternal fitness care withinside the cities on the threshold as girls who're due shipping withinside the subsequent month are frightened over the development," a involved resident stated. Assemblyman's name for help The Assembly member of Pokuase-Amoako Electoral Area, Hon Alfred Owusu stated the groups had been linked to the countrywide grid after authorities launched into a rural electrification undertaking withinside the region.
He defined that the Electricity Company of Ghana disconnected them from the National grid slightly weeks when they had been first linked to power. "I needed to comply with as much as the District Assembly to discover why we had been disconnected from the countrywide grid nearly without delay after connecting us "Surprisingly our District Chief government stated the 3 groups can best use the power gadget after legitimate commissioning through the authorities. "And it has taken the authorities extra than six months to formally surrender the undertaking to the groups; the scenario is certainly inflicting many troubles for our people," he emphasised.