Kwaku Bonsam constructs orphanage
Amasaman, June 16, Ghanadot/GNA –
Nana Kwaku Bonsam, a fetish priest of Akomadan Afrancho in
the Ashanti Region, has appealed to his colleagues to use
some of their earnings, to provide social amenities to
deprived communities.
Kwaku Bonsam said the provision of educational structures,
orphanages and potable water was key to their work as fetish
priests.
He made the appeal in an interview with the Ghana News
Agency at Sapeiman, where he is constructing a 36-room
orphanage, at the cost of GH¢45,000.
Kwaku Bonsam said he had also constructed a 12-unit primary
school- block, comprising kindergarten and primary
facilities and a junior high school and a computer centre.
He said he had also renovated an abandoned cocoa shed
comprising 10 rooms to accommodate police personnel in the
area, at the cost of GH¢17,000 and purchased a 47-seater bus
at the cost of GH¢280,000 to convey the pupils to school.
According to Kwaku Bonsam, he is paying teachers’ of the
school monthly salaries of GH¢5,800.
He said the projects were his personal contribution towards
the development of the community.
Mr Atuhene, Headmaster and Mr Seth Osei Mensah, Assistant
Headmaster of the school thanked Kwaku Bonsam for his
assistance to the community.
The two heads appealed to parents to send their wards to the
school in order to become useful leaders in future.
GNA
