Gomoa-Nyakuadze uses HIPC Fund for school project

Gomoa-Nyakuadze (C/R), Jan. 12, GNA - The people of Gomoa-Nyakuadze near Oguaakrom in the Central Region, are spending their share of the HIPC Fund on the constructing of a 500-million cedi primary school building to promote education in the town.

Nana Enukumah IX, Chief of Nyakuadze, announced this when he and the Queenmother, Nana Abena Fenyimah II, jointly launched a month-long house-to-house HIV/AIDS awareness campaign at the town on Saturday. The Chief said the initiative formed part of activities that would mark the annual Akwanbo festival, which begins on 27 January to 2 February.

According to Nana Enukumah, the campaign was planned to coincide with the celebration so that non-resident citizens could also benefit from the anti-AIDS crusade.

He said the spread of the disease should engage the attention of all Ghanaians, particularly opinion leaders and not the government alone.

Nana Enukumah commended the authorities for releasing the Fund for the project and gave the assurance that he would mobilise the people for its early completion.

Nana Fenyimah appealed to non-resident citizens to visit home regularly to enable them to effectively contribute to the development of Nyakuadze.

She said other activities organised for the festival included keep-fit exercise, football matches, 'ampe' and group discussions between Christians and Moslems to forge unity, tolerance and understanding among them.

Nana Fenyimah said officials from the Disease Control Unit of the Ministry of Health would educate the people on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.

She said the traditional rulers of Nyakuadze would pay 50,000 cedis each while non-residents were levied 40,000 cedis per male and 20,000 cedis per female towards development projects at the town. Nana Fenyimah said citizens at home would contribute 20,000 cedis a man and 10,000 cedis a woman towards the electrification project in MNyakuadze.