{"id":14993,"date":"2026-01-10T10:33:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T10:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/14993\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T10:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T10:33:06","slug":"health-education-projects-begin-in-south-tongu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/14993\/","title":{"rendered":"Health, education projects begin in South Tongu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construction works have begun on health and education facilities in the South Tongu Constituency following sod-cutting ceremonies performed in four communities in the district.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Spearheaded by the government, the projects cover Agorgbe, Lolito\/Nyinuito, Lakpo and Aglorkpovia in the South Tongu District in the Volta Region.<\/p>\n<p>The facilities comprise two Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compounds at Agorgbe to serve Lolito and Nyinuito, a three-unit classroom block with ancillary facilities at Lakpo and a two-unit Kindergarten classroom block with ancillary facilities at Aglorkpovia.<\/p>\n<p>The Member of Parliament (MP) for South Tongu, Maxwell Kwame Lukutor and the District Chief Executive (DCE), Victoria Dzeklo, accompanied the Volta Regional Minister, James Gunu, to perform the sod-cutting ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>They were joined by the district coordinating director, the district directors of Health and Education, and other technical officers of the South Tongu District Assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Commendation, donation<\/p>\n<p>Addressing chiefs and residents at the various communities, the Volta Regional Minister commended the MP for his dedication and performance in the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Gunu said the MP\u2019s impact was one that many communities in the district had not experienced before.<\/p>\n<p>The regional minister encouraged residents to remain hopeful and confident in the John Mahama-led NDC administration.<\/p>\n<p>He assured them of sustained development in the constituency.<\/p>\n<p>At the sod-cutting ceremony at Lakpo, Mr Gunu spoke about the community\u2019s water challenges. He made a personal donation of GH\u00a220,000 to the community\u2019s water fund, which currently stands at about GH\u00a2200,000.\u00a0<br \/>The regional minister commended the community for its foresight and initiative in mobilising funds for the water project.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Commitment, Safeguard projects \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lukutor reaffirmed the government\u2019s commitment to improving access to healthcare and providing quality education at the community level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese projects are clear evidence of the government\u2019s commitment to improving healthcare delivery and education in South Tongu,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He commended President John Dramani Mahama and the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for prioritising development in South Tongu.<\/p>\n<p>The MP appealed to residents to safeguard the projects and support the regional minister and the government\u2019s development agenda.<\/p>\n<p>He cautioned against unnecessary land litigation and the theft of construction materials.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lukutor said adequate funds had been secured for the projects and assured the communities that the government was committed to completing all the projects within six months.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Collaboration<\/p>\n<p>The DCE said the government had delivered a strong performance in South Tongu.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Dzeklo expressed excitement about the current policies guiding the use of the District Assemblies Common Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The DCE said there was an excellent working relationship between her office and the MP as the collaboration continued to deliver development projects across the constituency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction works have begun on health and education facilities in the South Tongu Constituency following sod-cutting ceremonies performed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14994,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[79],"class_list":{"0":"post-14993","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ghana","8":"tag-ghana"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14993\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}