Ghana -Danish completes 22 projects in Tolon/Kumbungu district

Dalun (Northern Region) 27 July '99

The Ghanaian-Danish Community Project (GDCP), a Danish-sponsored non-governmental organisation (NGO) operating in parts of the Northern region, undertook 22 projects in the Tolon/Kumbungu district at a total cost of 199 million cedis.

These include 17 school blocks, two living quarters for teachers, two dams and a vocational school in various communities.

Dr Abubakar Al-Hassan, chairman of the GDCP, made this known at the annual general meeting of the GDCA at Dalun in the Tolon/Kumbungu district on Sunday.

Dr Al-Hassan said the school structures would be useless if they are not put to good use and, therefore, appealed to the Ghana Education Service (GES) to ensure that teachers posted to schools in the rural areas take up their appointments.

He noted that two years after the completion of living quarters for teachers at Voggu, no teacher has moved in because of lack of electricity.

"This is unacceptable and we call on the GES and the assembly to look into it," Dr Al-Hassan said.

The Tolon/Kumbungu District Chief Executive, Mr Sulley Alhassan, said the district education oversight committee would soon launch a war against absenteeism and indiscipline among teachers.