Lack of good drinking water was and still remains a major problem in these upper regions of Ghana although the former president Jerry John Rawlings and the NDC government did great for some of these areas by providing them with boreholes and pipe-borne water which has helped a lot in the eradication of the guinea-worm and other water-borne diseases from some of these areas. Not all areas in these regions have access to good drinking water. The NDC government under former president Rawlings also helped a lot in extending electricity to some of these areas. Once again, great help is needed because not all villages and towns in Ghana have electricity and even where there is electricity, frequent power "cut-offs" leave many in the dark. In other words, most small villages and towns in Ghana still live in darkness.