The District Chief Executive for Nanumba North, Mohammed Ibin-Abass, has expressed gratitude for the prudent management of the assembly's resources that has enabled it undertake some infrastructural development despite meeting a debt of GH¢300,000 from the previous administration. He said because of the huge debts of the district at the time, development partners were not ready to assist the district but his administration had been able to cancel those debts, raising confidence in the development partners. Mr Ibin-Abass was addressing a durbar at Bimbila at the weekend which was attended by a cross-section of the people. He noted that within a short time in office, his administration had built 10 bungalows for tutors of the Bimbila Training College, classrooms and dormitories at the Bimbila Senior High School and a soya-bean processing factory which is still being constructed. The assembly has also built a chip-zone at Napa and improved some market structures. Currently, the assembly intends to extend mechanized water facility to four communities though the Northern Regional Water Project. Mr Ibin-Abass said some feeder roads had been improved through resurfacing and had collaborated with the Ghana Highway Authority to improve some parts of the Eastern Corridor roads. He said massive employment of the youth in the area would soon start through the NYEP and that the block farming concept was still on course and many youths had been engage in it. He expressed concern about the bad roads in the area as well as shortage of portable water, saying these are the major problems the district was facing. He called for assistance from the government. Mr Ibin-Abass appealed to the Ministry of Health to post more health personnel to the area since the district has only one doctor and a few nurses. He also appealed for an ambulance. Source: GNA