AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine has handed over a GH¢630,000 20-seater water closet toilet facility with washrooms to the Anyimadukrom community in the Obuasi East District of the Ashanti Region.
The Senior Manager Sustainability, AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi Mine, Mr. Emmanuel Baidoo, while speaking at the handing over ceremony, said the construction of the toilet fell in line with the company’s 10-year Socio-Economic Development Plan, which talks, among other things, about improving the sanitation and hygienic environment in the Obuasi community.
He noted that Anyimadukrom was one of the major communities in Obuasi, and that in working closely with the District Assembly and the leadership of the community, it became clear that a water closet toilet was a priority for the people.
He said providing the facility would help promote sanitation within the community, and also impact on the well being of the people.
He added that the proximity of the facility to the Kwabrafoso Basic School would help address some of the needs the school might have identified.
The Odikro of Anyimadukrom, Nana Takyi Mensah, emphasised the point that the facility was the property of the entire people of the area, and urged all to take good care of it to last longer.
The Anyimadukrom Assembly member, Yakubu Laminn, thanked the company for giving them the facility, and called on stakeholders to help rehabilitate the old school toilet for use to complement the new one.
From Frederick Danso Abeam, Obuasi
