The residents of Yoggu Electoral Area in the Tolon Kumbungu District are facing severe water crisis due to break-down of mechanised water system in the area. The people are paying dearly for what they described as “lack of maintenance culture on the part of the Assembly”, resulting in the break-down of a 219, 000 euro Water Plant in the area. A recent visit to the area reveals the people are facing severe water problem even in this rainy season. Access to safe drinking water is a luxury. For the past three years, the residents have been competing with cattle and other livestock for water collected in dugouts in the area during rainy seasons. They fetch the brownish water from the dugout and use it/ without any proper treatment. They fear there could be an outbreak of water-borne diseases in the area if nothing is done immediately to remedy the situation. The electoral area which comprises four farming communities, namely Yoggu, Zagua, Palugun and Woyomba, has a total population of 9000 people. They tell Joy News they were hoping the rains would come heavily to abate the situation but it appears the frequency and volume of rains in the area is far below expectation. Prioritising access to safe drinking water as the pressing need of the area, government in 2006, sourced funding from French Development Agency, to build the Yoggu Water System to provide potable water to the people in the area. Three years later, the transformer that powers the water station broke down beyond repairs leaving the people no option than to go back to the unwholesome water sources. The 200KVA transformer cost a little over GHC 10,000. The Assemblyman of Yoggu Electoral Area, Abdul-Raman Dobia told Joy News all efforts to get the problem fixed have yielded no positive results. “We have personally and officially appealed to the District Chief Executive and the Member of Parliament as well as some NGOs operating in the area to assist us with a new transformer but to no avail,” he said. The roads in the area are also in a very deplorable state. Some portions of the road are not motorable during rainy seasons. Efforts to get the Tolon Kumbungu District Chief Executive, Alhaji Iddi Manza Mahama to tell Joy News the Assembly’s plan towards resolving these development challenges proved futile.