EU, UNESCO support Old Accra Project

Accra, Aug. 7, GNA - The European Commission, in collaboration with UNESCO on Thursday presented assorted clothing and shoes worth 50,000 dollars to the management of the Old Accra Rehabilitation Project (OARP) to support security operations.

The items to be handed over to the Beach Guard Unit under the Project also included reflectors for night patrol and raincoats which would help make the guards identifiable and thereby a force to reckon with in the environs of James Town.

Ms Elizabeth Moundo, Country Director, UNESCO, who handed over the items to Director of the OARP, promised her outfit's continuous assistance to ensure successful implementation of all proposed projects. Nii Teiko Tagoe, Development Planner and Manager, OARP, urged the guards to stop renting the Usher Fort to individual for funerals and out-dooring.

"These are government properties, all revenues must therefore go to government's account," he said. Mr John S. Addo, Chairman of the Steering Committee, OARP, expressed gratitude to the donor partners and called on the guards to make judicious use of the items for the benefit of the community.