The Member of Parliament (MP) for Yendi Constituen-cy within the Northern Region, Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama, has helped 4 extra communities within the constituency to get attached to the nationwide grid below the Rural Electrification Project (REP).

This brings to 18 the selection of communities the MP helped to get attached to the nationwide grid since assuming administrative center as Member of Parliament for the Yendi Con-stituency.

The 4 beneficiary communi-ties incorporated Kunshegu, Penshiya, Panduli and Chakohiya.

Alhaji Mahama used to be accompa-nied via the Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh and his Deputy Dr Mohammed Amin Adam Anta.

At a rite at Kunshegu, probably the most beneficiary communities to inaugurate the challenge, the MP mentioned the electrification challenge used to be in fulfilment of guarantees he made to the communities all over 2020 elections.

He mentioned the folk voted for him to paintings exhausting and convey building to them including “the people of Yendi and the surround-ing communities need develop-ment and I assured them of more development.”

He mentioned the availability of the electrical energy within the communities would no longer most effective brighten their properties however would additionally cross some distance to progressed on their socio- financial actions and make stronger their dwelling situation.

He added: “They would no more walk miles again to charge their phones or even grind their food stuffs.”

Alhaji Mahama mentioned for the reason that as-sumption of administrative center of Dr Prempeh as Energy Minister, he had all the time been to his administrative center attempting to liberate and cut back the electrical energy issues within the constituency.