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EU projects
inaugurated at Suhyen
Suhyen (E/R), Aug. 25, Ghanadot/GNA - The
Apesemakahene of New Juaben Traditional Area, Nana Ani Bonsu,
has called for the abolition of the shift system in schools
in the New Juaben Municipality to help reduce truancy among
school children in the area.
He said due to the shift system, school children always took
advantage of the situation to absent themselves from school
by deceiving their parents they were for a particular shit.
Nana Ani Bonsu was speaking at the inauguration of a GH¢44,765
three classroom block with an office, a store, kitchen and
toilet facilities for the Suhyen Methodist Kindergarten.
The European Union (EU) contributed 75 per cent of the funds
for the project while the New Juaben Municipal Assembly and
the Suhyen community contributed the remaining 25 per cent.
He appealed to the New Juaben Municipal Assembly to help
rehabilitate the Suhyen Junior High School building that had
hits roof ripped during a rainstorm a few months ago.
Nana Ani Bonsu urged the New Juaben Municipal Assembly to
provide seedlings to support the forestation programme of
the community.
He suggested the legalization of activities of chainsaw
operators to enable them to provide wood for the
construction industry and furniture for people in the rural
areas.
The New Juaben Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Alex Asamoah,
expressed his appreciation to the EU and the Suhyen
community for the support.
The Programme Manager of the EU, Mr Kwabena Denkyi Darfoor,
said in a speech read for him that the facility was one of
the biggest among the 231 projects being undertaken in the
Eastern Region under the Sixth EU MICRO project.
He said the project also had 56 income generating programmes
in the region which aimed at alleviating the poverty levels
of the people in the rural areas.
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