The people of Kordiabe, a farming community in the Dangme West District of the Greater Accra region Wednesday celebrated Ghana’s First Oil pour in grand style, handed a new borehole to supply them water to alleviate their perennial water shortage challenges. Constructed by Ivory Finance Company, a subsidiary of CDH Financial Holdings, the fresh water gushing borehole was commissioned after a brief ceremony attended by the chief and people of Kordiabe and officials of CDH. A second borehole in the final stages of construction, is also to be handed to the people upon completion early New Year. And according to company officials, plans are afoot to fit electric pumps and high capacity storage tanks to the boreholes so the people can access the potable water with much ease. Hitherto, the about 2,000 inhabitants of Kordiabe sourced water for drinking and other needs from nearby streams and rivers. According to Eric Adae, Group Head, Corporate Communications of CDH, the commissioning of the borehole, a corporate social responsibility of the company, forms part of activities to close the year and also marks the 10th anniversary celebrations of Ivory Finance Company. He expressed gratitude to the chief and people of Kordiabe for their patience during a long search for a convenient spot to dig for water as the town, situated on a hilly point, has a very low water table. He said at many points during the search for water in the town, the water turned out highly salty. Nene Tetteh Tengey and Nana Narkie Yomo III, supported by Eric Adae (in tie) and Stephen Oyortey (in smock) and others look on. “The company is today making it possible for Kordiabe, a community that is located not so far from Accra, and yet has been without potable water, to have access to this vital resource. We expect that in the long run, this project will contribute in reducing the burden of diseases and mortality in this community,” Eric Adae said at the commissioning, adding that “what you are seeing today is the first of a two-phase project. This first phase involved the drilling of two boreholes, fitted with hand-pumps. The next phase will be executed by the end of January, 2011. It will see the installation of electric pumps, large capacity storage tanks, and taps for easy use. It will be our New Year present to these hardworking people.”