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Millennium Challenge Account impact
begins in Gomoa
Gomoa Nyanyano(CR), Aug. 4, Ghanadot/GNA – About 75 million
dollars out of the 245 million dollars under the Millennium
Challenge Account would be invested in the provision of
social amenities such as water, electricity, sanitation and
education in 23 beneficiary Metropolitan, Municipal and
Districts the next three-and-a-half years.
Ms Katerina Ntep, Acting Residence Country Director of
Millennium Challenge Account Programme announced this at a
sod-cutting for work to begin on the rehabilitation of
schools in Gomoa East and West Districts in the Central
Region.
They are District Assembly schools at Nyanyano, Ojobi and
Nsuaem in Gomoa East, Oguan and Bewuadze in Gomoa West.
A 25-member District Advisory Committee to supervise the
projects was inaugurated.
She explained that the community projects were to enhance
the living standards of farmers to reduce poverty through
agricultural transformation.
Ms Ntep said management of Millennium Development Authority
(MiDA) in collaboration with United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) train teachers to work in
schools rehabilitated under the projects to enhance quality
education.
Mr Martin Eson-Benjamin, Chief Executive Officer of MiDA,
urged members of the advisory committee to work hard to
complete the projects on schedule.
He explained that MCA was to promote the welfare of farmers
by transforming their agricultural activities and appealed
to farmers and farmer-based organizations to cooperate with
MiDA to succeed.
Mrs Augustine King, Deputy Gomoa West District Director of
Education said the directorate had instituted measures to
strengthen monitoring and supervision of teaching and
learning.
She announced that a World University Research team from
Canada in collaboration with University of Cape Coast, Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and University
of Ghana was undertaking a research into some problems that
affected education in the district.
Ms Joyce Aidoo, Gomoa West District Chief Executive noted
that lack of ready market for farm produce was the main
cause of poverty among farmers and appealed to management of
MiDA to liaise with Ghana Export Promotion Council to secure
markets for farmers who had been exploited by traders in the
past.
Nana Obeng Wiabo V, Chief of Nyanyano said the community was
developing very fast due to its proximity to Kasoa, a
leading market centre and appealed for more educational
facilities to correspond to the rapid expansion.
Mr Mac Jewel Annan, Gomoa East District Chief Executive,
expressed appreciation to Government for selecting the
district as a beneficiary of MCA.
GNA
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