Sampson Tetteh Kpankpah, Ada West DCE (left) on inspection tour
The Ada West District Chief Executive (DCE) in the Greater Accra Region, Sampson Tetteh Kpankpah, has lauded Electrochem Ghana Limited, a salt and chlorine-alkali manufacturing firm, for responding swiftly to the needs of the assembly and the Ada communities as a whole.
He gave the commendation when he went on road inspection tour to monitor work on the demarcation and clearing of layouts in Sege, as part of plans to make the community accessible and ensure ease in delivery service and management of flood related areas.
According to him, the company has rolled out numerous Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects, and has started rehabilitating portions of a six-kilometre road that connects key salt mining communities in the district, such as Nakomkope, Agbedrafor and Koluedor.
Mr Tetteh Kpankpah disclosed that Electrochem is also constructing a storm drain to receive and direct excess rainwater from communities like Sege, Agbedrafor, Bornikope, and Toflokpo to address the recurrent flooding in the communities during rainy seasons.
“The speed with which the company responded to our requests is laudable. Barely three weeks ago, I put a request before the company through the McDan Group Chairman, Dr Daniel McKorley, to assist the assembly with heavy-duty machines to address one of our major challenges in the district, which are demarcation and clearing of layouts. I am excited to say that the request was given quick attention, and work commenced over the weekend at Sege,” the DCE said.
The DCE also added that the plan is to complete the 30-kilometre layouts at Sege, and replicate it in all the major communities in the district, stressing that “it will go a long way to make the communities more accessible and enhance the delivery of emergency services to the people, among others.”
A civil engineer with Electrochem Ghana Limited in charge of community projects, Nene Odeopeor Siada III, assured the company would contribute significantly to their efforts geared towards the development of the Ada communities and the improvement of the quality of life of the people.
He said the company would not renege on its commitments to the Ada state realising that the people are fast appreciating the changes the company is driving in the Ada districts.
Electrochem
Electrochem is a subsidiary of the McDan Group of Companies. It is the largest salt and chlorine-alkali manufacturing firm in West Africa with a concession spanning 41,000 acres at Ada Songor.
The company, which was granted a fifteen-year mining lease to explore the salt resource in the Ada Songor, launched its operations in November 2020, with a target to produce one million (1,000,000) metric tons of salt per annum to supply to both the local and export markets.
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