Rehabilitated health centre commissioned by Ghana Boundary Commission

The Ghana Boundary Commission (GhBC) commissioned a rehabilitated health centre at Leklebi-Kame in the Afadjato South District of the Volta Region on 8 August 2024. This initiative is part of efforts to implement social interventions in deprived border communities. The facility was rehabilitated in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration (MoFARI), with financial support from the ECOWAS Commission, aiming to improve healthcare delivery in the area.

Honourable Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, expressed gratitude to the ECOWAS Commission for their invaluable support towards enhancing healthcare for the people of Leklebi-Kame. He noted that the health centre would also serve Kame-Tonou, a community in Togo that shares a boundary with Leklebi-Kame, along with adjoining communities. He stated that this project is an important initiative aimed at strengthening cross-border cooperation and regional integration. He commended the Ghana Boundary Commission for identifying community needs and initiating the rehabilitation project. The Deputy Minister also acknowledged the role of the 48 Engineer Regiment of the Ghana Army in rehabilitating the health facility.

The Commissioner General of GhBC, Major General Emmanuel Kotia, highlighted that this rehabilitated health centre is GhBC's first completed project to be commissioned and handed over to a community.

He called on ECOWAS and other development partners to support GhBC's initiatives aimed at improving livelihoods in deprived border communities. He urged community members to ensure proper maintenance of the facility.

Other dignitaries present included Mr Albert Siaw-Boateng, Director of Free Movement of Persons and Migration at ECOWAS Commission; Ambassador Jane Gasu-Aheto, Director of Legal and Treaties Bureau at MoFARI; Mrs Hilaria Mabel Dey, Director of Regional Integration at MoFARI; Mr Etornam Flolu, District Chief Executive of Afadjato South District; and Togbe Atachie V, Paramount Chief of Leklebi-Kame.