School Children at the Yogu Junior High School (JHS) can now learn in a well-furnished classroom for effective teaching and learning after the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for Tolon Constituency handed over a six unit classroom block with offices to the school authority on Sunday, 26th July 2020.
The project was initiated by the NPP PC for Tolon constituency and funded from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation.
According to the residents, the handing over of the facility would go a long way to address some of the major classroom accommodation facilities challenge which has been facing the school for several decades. The school, which has an enrolment of almost 200 pupils has been battling with serious infrastructural challenges for several years.
Some elders of the community who could not hide their happiness thanked the NPP PC in the area for ensuring the construction and completion of the new school block in the community. They indicated that such a commitment and the zeal to serve the people of the area is positively impacting the lives of the citizenry in the area.
Speaking at the event, the NPP PC for the area, Alhaji Habib Iddrisu noted that the completion and the handing over of the facility was in fulfillment of a pledge he made to the people of Yogu who complained severally to him about the bad state of the old building in the community.
He said the new structure would go a long way to augment the academic laurels of the school in the coming years, “the new facility will also provide ample space for more enrolment”, he added.
According to him, his outfit will continue to knock at the doors of government and Non-governmental Organizations (NGO’s) in order to get the needed support for the education sector in the area. He however commended the GNPC foundation for funding the project.
Addressing the short ceremony at the school’s premises, Alhaji Habib said his outfit has initiated series of developmental projects which include electrification projects and water projects in the constituency. He assured the people of Tolon constituency most especially the beneficiary communities that he will ensure the completion of the projects before the December 7th general elections.
The head teacher of the school, Baba Fuseini was grateful to the NPP PC and GNPC for their collaborative efforts, which eventually resulted in the provision of the facility.
The handing-over ceremony was attended by the Executive Director of the GNPC foundation, Dr. Dominic Eduah. The visibly-elated chiefs, elders, women and school children in the community, some staff of the School, a rep of the Tolon District Education Director and some party supporters also graced the occasion over the week end.
Source:Alhassan Yakubu | www.diamondfmonline.com
