The Ahafo-Ano District Assembly has presented 68 packets of roofing sheets valued at GH¢7,000 (70 million cedis) to 68 disaster victims at Mpasaso to re-roof their buildings affected by a recent rainstorm.
Presenting the items at Mankranso, Mr Kwaku Obeng Boatgeng, District Chief Executive advised the people who lived in deplorable structures to take the necessary steps to rehabilitate them to avoid any future calamity.
He urged the beneficiaries not to divert the items but to use them for the purpose for which they were donated.
Mr Stephen Kwaku Balado Manu, Member of Parliament (MP) for the area charged the people to plant trees around their surroundings to serve as windbreaks and check soil erosion to avoid the occurrence of disasters.
Source: GNA
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