2 School blocks damaged by rainstorm

Anfoega-Akukome (Volta Region), 9 March, '99-

Two school blocks and 15 houses were destroyed during a rainstorm at Anfoega-Akukome and Gblemkor in the Kpando District last Wednesday. About 50 people were rendered homeless, but there was no casualty. The cost of damage is yet to be assessed. Mr Traugott K. Yaokumah, assemblyman for the area who disclosed this to newsmen, said the Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Primary 'B' school, and the Roman Catholic (RC) junior secondary school blocks and workshop had their roofs ripped off. He said those rendered homeless are putting up with relatives and friends, while the school pupils are attending classes in the EP and RC chapels. A new six-classroom block with a store and offices of the Akoviefe Local Authority Primary School in the Ho District was similarly destroyed in a rainstorm last Saturday. Togbe Adza Osei the seventh, Fiaga of Akoviefe said about eight million cedis would be needed to repair the rehabilitate the building. "... There is virtually nowhere for our children to attend classes", he said.