Group Village Headman Chekucheku of Neno has hailed President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika for opening a rural growth centre in in his area through the ministry of local government and rural development centre.

The Group Village said the late President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda built them a rural growth centre but was very small as compared to the current one.
“People were worried because the work initially was not going as planned,” he said.

He said in 2002 the former President Dr. Bakili Muluzi upon hearing the history of Neno that between Mwanza and Neno, Neno was the first to be declared as a district. He declared Neno as a district.

This happened when he heard the complaints from the family of T/A Chekucheku about the history of Neno and Mwanza districts respectively he said.

It was discovered that although Neno was declared as a district there was no development but the late President Professor Bingu wa Mutharika was the one who championed the development at Neno rural growth centre.

The group Village Chekucheku also said that he is thanking the President for promising them that he will build a bridge at Lisungwi River.
“Because the road where the bridge passes was used by the colonial leaders when they were making a boundary between Nyasaland now Malawi and Mozambique in 1800.

“They werecoming from Neno district council to make a boundary up to Ntcheu as well as from Neno district council to Chikwawa, that time Mwanza as was not district,” he said.

He said Mwanza was known because of the Berry Bridge at Mpatamanga during the colonial rule.

He therefore, said as people from T/A Chekucheku they wish the President all the best and he should continue helping the people of Neno in various development activitie.

The rural growth centre was officially opened on 23rd June 2016.