Member of Parliament for Amenfi Central in the Western region, Joana Gyan Cudjoe, has made an urgent appeal to government, corporate Ghana, development partners and philanthropists to adopt and support development projects in the constituency.
According to her, Amenfi Central is confronted with about 200 pressing development challenges which require collective effort to address.
She said the challenges, which have accumulated over several years, cut across roads, bridges, mobile network and internet connectivity, education, healthcare, electricity, jobs, agriculture, banking, water and sanitation, security as well as environmental protection.
In a comprehensive appeal document sighted by OnuaOnline, the MP noted that while the constituency cannot be transformed overnight, the time to act is now.
“These challenges were not created overnight and cannot all be solved overnight. But we cannot continue waiting,” she stated.
Madam Cudjoe said her first and strongest appeal is to the Government of Ghana, including the Presidency, sector ministries, departments, agencies, state-owned enterprises and the Amenfi Central District Assembly.
She is urging Government to critically look at the 200 identified problems and mainstream priority projects into national plans, programmes and budgets. “Please look at our 200 development problems. Please identify the ones that fall under your ministry, department or agency. Please help Amenfi Central turn these 200 problems into 200 solutions,” she appealed.
Beyond Government, the MP has opened the doors of the constituency to the world, calling on development banks, telcos, mining companies, construction firms, agro-processors, universities, NGOs, religious bodies, embassies, the World Bank, African Development Bank, European Union, UN agencies, private investors, philanthropists, and Ghanaians abroad to partner the constituency.
The appeal is structured into 14 priority areas. They include roads and bridges, mobile network and digital connectivity, education and skills training, healthcare delivery including CHPS compounds, polyclinics and a district hospital, electricity, youth employment, banking and investment, agriculture, markets, public sector infrastructure, security, water and sanitation, responsible mining and land reclamation, as well as community and social development.
Under roads, the lawmaker is seeking major construction and rehabilitation of feeder and farm-to-market roads, bridges, culverts and drainage systems.
On connectivity, she wants new telecom masts and improved data services for remote communities, schools and health facilities.
She is also pushing for a modern General Hospital, strategically located polyclinics, CHPS compounds, ambulances, maternity facilities and diagnostic services in the health sector.
She stressed that no contribution is too small and no partner is too big. “If you can help one school, please help. If you can provide an ambulance, please help. If you can fix a road, build a bridge, connect a community to network or provide clean water, please help,” she said.
To her, the appeal is not about politics but development. “A bad road does not ask which political party you support. A child who needs education has no political colour,” she noted, adding that the constituency has outlined a 13 to 20-year development master plan but intends to start implementation immediately.
“200 problems, 200 solutions, many partners, one people, one development vision,” she indicated.
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