Agona Duakwa, (C/R), Nov 14, GNA - A severe rainstorm that hit Agona=

Duakwa and Nsaba on Friday has rendered at least 100 people homeless and destroyed property valued at thousands of Ghana Cedis. The most affected buildings include the Agona Duakwa Islamic Junior High School, Agona Nsaba Presbyterian Junior High School, houses and electrical cables belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) at Nsaba.

The displaced persons are putting up with their relatives and friend= s at Agona Duakwa. Mr John Oremus Arkoh, Agona East District Chief Executive, (DCE) Mr Emmanuel Amertiefio, Agona East District Director of the National Disaste= r Management Organization, (NADMO) and Mr J. K. Abban, Chairman of the Agon= a East Constituency of the National Democratic Congress, visited the victim= s on Saturday to acquaint themselves with the extent of the damage caused a= nd also sympathize with the victims. The DCE directed the NADMO Directorate to submit the report on the didaster to the Assembly within two days for the necessary action to be taken. At Duakwa Islamic and Nsaba Presbyterian Junior High Schools, six classrooms each had their roofs blown away. The team also inspected a cocoa shed at Mensakrom, whose roof was als= o ripped off by the storm.

Mrs Lydia Atefah, Produce Buying Company Officer in charge of the Mensakrom Depot, told the DCE and his entourage that more than 100 bags cocoa beans, which were ready to be sent to the big depot at the Agona Swedru Regional Office had become wet. At the Nsaba Presbyterian JHS, Mr Asare Obeng, the head teacher, tol= d them that the roof of a classroom with more than 40 pupils was blown off and this would make teaching and learning very difficult. The team later had discussions with the Nsaba Presbyterian Church leaders on how best the children at the cr=E8che would be relocated to en= able the over 40 JHS students to be temporarily housed in the place in order n= ot

to disturb their studies. The DCE said the Ghana Education Trust Fund GETFUND was constructing= a three classroom-block with offices and a store at the cost of GHC70,000 f= or the Duakwa Islamic JHS.

He said he hoped that when the building is completed it would resolve some of the difficulties facing the school, adding that, presently the school would be housed at the former JSS workshop. The DCE later inspected the six classrooms at Nsaba Presbyterian Senio= r High School under construction, reshaping of feeder roads from Agona Duak= wa to Akwakwaa, a foot bridge over River Ayensu and six a classroom-block wi= th office and a store for the Islamic Primary at Mankrong-Junction. 14 Nov. 10