Thirty-two communities in the Ofoase Ayirebi Constituency in the Eastern Region have benefited from an electric extension program.

The provision of electricity to these communities was in fulfillment of the campaign promise of Member of Parliament for the area, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah in the 2016 general elections.

The MP also Minister for information said the President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo is fulfilling his campaign promises to the good people of Ghana and he is also staying true to his words in his constituency.

“We promised to help these communities get electricity during our last election campaign and that promise has been fulfilled in two years,” he said.

Mr. Nkrumah expressed excitement about the achievement since it was going to bring growth and development to the beneficiary communities.

He led a team made up of the District Chief Executive of Akyemansa, Paul Asamoah, NPP executives in the constituency as well as officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana to commission the projects in the communities.

The ECG officials educated the people in the communities on the use of electricity and how to avoid the high cost of power.

Mr. Nkrumah said, “school children can now study at night and pass their exams. Mothers, wives and market women can now use electricity to preserve their foodstuffs and grow their businesses.”

Some of the beneficiary communities include Betenase, Bokor, Arkoh, Nkansah No.1, Amponsah, Sukuran, Pantinpa and Krofom. The rest are Yaw Nkran, Paawudu, Ayeboafo No.1 and 2, Wawase, Nii Quaye and Boatemaa among others.

The Ofoase Ayirebi legislator also commissioned a new market facility for the chiefs and people of Otabil, a farming community in the constituency and inspected work on the Akokoaso health facility which is almost 90% complete.

“We are not done with the projects. Many of these communities have other requests including the provision of potable water, good roads and toilet facilities. We will ensure these projects become a reality in the coming years,” Mr. Nkrumah told reporters at Betenase, one of the beneficiary communities.

At Betenase, the Mmbrantiehene Nana Kofi Addo who spoke on behalf of the chief praised the MP and the NPP government for providing electricity to the town and pledged to ensure the people in his town do not abuse it.

“We will use the electricity for income generating activities to improve our living standards and contribute towards national development,” he said.

Nana Kofi Addo also appealed to the government to set up computer laboratories in schools following the provision of electricity to enable students to perform well in ICT examinations.