WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN 3KS

Works on the Konongo-Kumawu-Kwahu water treatment plant will start in on time as funds for the project has been made available.
The Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing, Albert Abongo in an interview with Adom Kasiebo disclosed this.
He explained that the water facility cover people in Konongo, Kumawu in the Ashanti Region and Kwahu in the Eastern Region, which has been popularly, nicknamed ‘the 3 Ks towns’.
Mr. Abongo noted that money for the main project was approved during the erstwhile NPP administration and what Parliament is yet to approve is an insurance cover.
He explained that external donors always demand insurance cover on any project they finance and this has accounted for the late approval of the 14 Million Dollars insurance cover for the water treatment project which will also be sited in Konongo.

CUE IN: ABONG – WATER PROJECT

Meanwhile, the Konongo water treatment project is in a deplorable state which needs urgent renovation to salvage the acute water shortage in the area.

TWO ROBBERS KILLED IN TEMA

The Tema Regional Police have confirmed that two armed robbers who were shot while trying to escape at Ashiaman have died.
The robbers died on their way to show the police their hide out at Ashiaman.
The Tema Regional Police Commander, DCOP Augustine Gyening who confirmed this to Adom Kasiebo said the robbers died yesterday afternoon when the police was escorting them to their hide out at Ashiaman ‘Barima Nkwan’.
The robbers were arrested yesterday morning when the Tema police had information that some robbers were attempting to rob the Ashiaman ECG collection point.
DCOP Gyening explained that upon this tip off the police laid ambush for the robbers and started firing when the robbers attempted to start their operation.
The Tema Regional Police Commander told Adom Kasiebo that the police arrested the two and impounded an Opel Vectra with registration number GW 6644 U that they were using for the operation.
Luck however runs out for the two suspects while the driver of the vehicle they were using for the operation that they gave his name as ‘Kofi escaped.
The robbers who were inconsistent with their names gave as much as 6-7 names ranging from Abubakari, Ahmed, Mohammed and other names while claiming they are from Togo and Nigeria with their age as 25 years each.
Meanwhile their bodies have been deposited at the Police Hospital in Accra.

HIGH RATE OF DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION

Statistics available to Adom Kasiebo indicates that Diabetes and High Blood Pressure are on the increase among Ghanaians.
The Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Services (GHS), Dr. George Amofa who disclosed this in an exclusive interview with Adom Kasiebo explained that this is due to high intake of fatty foods, lack of physical exercise while some cases are hereditary.
Diabetes could be threatening the lives of some 50 per cent of patients in Ghana .
At least 2.2 million Ghanaians already suffer from the disease. Diabetes is a long-term, chronic condition that can lead to a number of potentially serious, life-threatening complications. These include amputation, impotence, stroke, heart attack and blindness.
Dr. Amofa also explained that Blood pressure is the force of blood that is pushing up against the walls of the blood vessels. If the pressure is too high, the heart has to work harder to pump, and this could lead to organ damage and several illnesses such as heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or renal failure.
Dr. Amofa therefore stressed the need for people to go for regular medical check-ups to know their health status.
He spoke to Akuamoah Boateng.

CUE IN: DIAPH

That was the Director of Public Health Services, Dr. George Amofa.