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Mr Eric Opoku, Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, on Tuesday advised Ghanaians to pray and support the Government in the national reconstruction processes. He said currently Ghana�s development and donor partners had withdrawn 77 per cent of their foreign grant inflows and aids, and Ghanaians ought to bury their differences, seek divine intervention and support the Government to reverse the dwindling economic trend. Mr Opoku gave the advice when he addressed the chiefs and people of Kwapong, Dadiesoaba, Nkasiem and Hwidiem at separate durbars in the Brong-Ahafo Region. The Regional Minister was with Alhaji Collins Dauda, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing who was on a three-day working visit to inspect progress of work on construction of small town water systems in the communities. Mr Opoku, also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Asunafo South, said unnecessary criticisms and blame-game would not solve Ghana�s economic problems. He said Ghana suffered huge loss in 2013 as a result of the rampant fire outbreaks and entreated the people to exercise patience as the Government worked hard to reshape some roads in the area and hooked cut-off communities unto the national electricity grid. Alhaji Dauda gave the assurance that the Ministry would ensure that all the water projects were completed by the close of the year. He said since last year the Ministry, through the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA), had constructed 1,000 boreholes adding that work on new ones would commence soon. Alhaji Dauda appealed to the people to keep their environment clean and wash their hands with soap after visiting the lavatory to guard against the outbreak of cholera and other diseases. Mr Divine Dugbartey, Chief Water and Sanitation Engineer at the Brong-Ahafo Regional Office of the CWSA, said the water coverage in the rural and small town sub-sector of the region had increased from 18 per cent in 1994 to 62.5 per cent as at August 2014. He said the increase was as a result of the construction of 42 small town water projects, 3,032 boreholes and 441 hand-dug wells.