All GETFUND projects must
be user friendly - Banahene
Tamale, Dec. 7, GNA - Mr. Fosuaba Mensah
Banahene, the Administrator of the GETfund, has
directed that henceforth all projects under the
Fund must be user friendly for persons with
disabilities.
He urged contractors to factor in the cost of
works that would achieve this objective when
bidding for contracts.
Mr. Banahene gave the directive in Tamale on
Wednesday during an inspection tour of the "CAN
2008" hostel project and some other projects.
These projects are located at the University for
Development Studies (UDS) Medical School, the
Nyankpala Agricultural Campus of the UDS, the
Tamale Polytechnic and the Tamale Girls'
Secondary School.
Mr Banahene commended the contractors working on
the projects and said the Tamale Polytechnic
needed more infrastructures.
He said the fund would provide the school with a
bus and a bungalow for the Principal.
Alhaji Mustapha Ali
Idris, the Northern Regional Minister, appealed
to contractors, especially those working on the
"CAN 2008" hostel project, to complete the work
within the stipulated time.
He expressed gratitude to the Getfund Board for
the projects and said educational institutions
in the region needed more support to be able to
cope up with the increasing enrolment at the
basic level following the introduction of the
capitation grant.
Alhaji Idris, who is also the Chairman of the
Getfund Board, called on the contractor working
on the Tamale Girls' Secondary School to speed
up work to enable the authorities to relocate
the students from the centre of the metropolis
to the new site.
The Principal of the Tamale Polytechnic Alhaji
(Dr) Yakubu Seidu Peligah expressed appreciation
for the projects and said the school needed more
classrooms because it was still running the
Technical programmes alongside the polytechnic
programmes.
GNA
