Books piled up, no room
for library
Gomoa Onyadze, Jan 21, Ghanadot/GNA - Books meant for a
library at Gomoa Onyadze near Winneba Junction have been
locked up in a small room due to lack of a suitable
building for the purpose.
About 2,000 books were donated by some expatriate
volunteers who rendered services in the town to use to
stock a library but the structure has not been built.
Mr. Issah Badugyan, Chairman of the town’s unit
committee, said this at the inauguration of Nana Kobina
Gurah IV and Nana Ekua Gurabah I as Chief and Queen
Mother respectively of the town.
Mr. Badugyan said the volunteers realized that the
inability of pupils to read was the bane of their poor
performance in examinations and decided to support the
community with books to establish a library to help
pupils to cultivate reading habit.
He said the volunteers honoured their promise but due to
financial constraints the community had not been able to
fulfil their part of the agreement which enjoined them
to provide a structure for the library.
As a result the books, which were presented to the
community nearly two years ago, have been locked up
defeating the purpose for which they were donated.
He appealed to the Member of Parliament for the area the
Gomoa West District Assembly, donor agencies and
benefactors to help the community to solve the problem.
Nana Gurah, Executive Secretary of Mbofra Foundation, a
non-governmental organization, pledged the support of
the community to investors who want to do business in
the town.
He said a land bank had been created to make it easy for
investors to acquire land and promised to make education
his priority.
Mr. Francis Kojo Arthur, MP for the area, appealed to
the people to put the acrimonies of the past election
behind them and unite to develop the town.
He said they could only see him as an effective MP if
they were prepared to unite and help the community to
develop.
GNA
