MP for Garu goes to the aid of health facilities (Monday, February 27, 2012)

Story: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Garu The Member of Parliament for Garu-Tempane and Minister of State at the Office of the President, Mr. Dominic Azimbe Azumah has procured 10 pick-ups for distribution to health institutions in the district. The vehicles worth over GH c 850,000 are meant to ameliorate the transportation needs of these facilities and for use to save the people, especially women from dying in their quest to visit health facilities due to the of lack of transport. The MP who announced this during this year’s annual Danjuar festival celebration of the Bimoba Communities at Kpikpira said funds for the vehicles were secured from a three year accumulation of his share of the District Assembly Common Fund, HIPC Funds, NHIS and support from the Dutch Embassy. “Our women go through a lot of difficulty assessing our health facilities hence the move to get these vehicles to save our poor women who were dying every day from lack of vehicles to transport them to hospitals”. He said the vehicles are ready and waiting for an official inauguration by the Vice President after which it will be distributed to the beneficiary facilities. Responding to concerns that he should have looked at the roads in the first rather than buying vehicles, the MP said, “I am sure if you were in the shoes of my women, you would d think of human lives first” Mr. Azumah encouraged the people who are 18 years and above to participate in the biometric voter registration when the process begin and also advice the youth to refrain from all acts of violence during parliamentary and presidential polls later in the year. -End-