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Commissioning Of Boreholes Within The Biakoye District

COMMISSIONING OF BOREHOLES WITHIN THE BIAKOYE DISTRICT

 

The District Chief Executive, Hon. Millicent Kabuki Carboo led the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN – OPERATION BLESSING TEAM) an NGO, which drilled thirteen (13) boreholes within the district, to commission them. The Country Manager of OPERATION BLESSING, Mr. Samuel Adotei said, they have provided these boreholes because of the humanitarian nature of their work. Mr. Adotei said, beneficiary communities must take proper care of the facilities as its finance is from the sweat of others.

The elated Hon. Millicent Carboo said as water is life, anyone who provides it  provides life. She adjured the people of the beneficiary communities to guard the use of the water judiciously because, its benefits are enormous. Nananom and  their people were full of praises and were visibly  grateful to the District Chief Executive, CBN and their financiers and promised to take good care of it as they showered blessings upon them. On one of the days, the Oti Regional Minister, Hon. Joshua Makubu joined the DCE to commission a number of the boreholes.

Beneficiary communities are:-Nkonya Adzamansu, Nkonya Bumbula, Bowiri Takrabe, Bowiri Aboabo, Bompaso, Worawora.

 

 

District Environmental Health Office Holds Sensitisation on Nutrition, Personal Hygiene, Hand washing and Medical Screening for School Feeding Caterers, Food and Drink Vendors

The District Environmental Health Unit yesterday ended a one week long sensitization of various categories of food and beverage vendors, including School Feeding Caterers across the district. The groups were sensitised on various topics including Personal Hygiene, Hand washing and nutrition.

Speaking to the participants, the District Environmental Health Officer, Mr. Emil Agboso, entreated food vendors to take the exercise seriously especially as we were still not out of the covid 19 pandemic. He admonished them to always make sure food they served the general public were always hot. He continued that this was a sure way to keep the society safe from infections and cholera break outs. The exercise also included medical screening for all vendors district wide. Over 2000 food and beverage vendors were screened and issued with certificates.

Department of Social Welfare And Community Development: Services and Hotlines

The general public is hereby informed that these services are available at the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development at the Biakoye District Assembly.

  • Child Abuse
  • Gender Based Violence (GBV)
  • Streetism and Street Children
  • Children in conflict with the law
  • Care for people affected with HIV/AIDS
  • People living with disabilities
  • Care for elderly
  • Social Protection
  • Child Trafficking

The Department can be reached on the following Hotline:

054-2561-524