Work begins on first Women's University

Osubonpanyin (Central Region) -- The District Chief Executive for Awutu-Effutu-Senya, Captain Kwamina Armah (rtd) at the weekend cut the sod at Effutu Osubonpanyin, near Winneba, to mark the commencement of work on a Women's University of Ghana.

The project, tertiary institution solely for women, is being funded by a coalition of religious groups and philanthropists in the United States through Nana Obrafo Owam X, Chief of Gomoa Mprumem and a lecturer at the University of Akron, Ohio.

Capt. Armah commended Nana Owam for his patriotism with which he initiated the project and solicited funds for it and urged other Ghanaians living abroad to emulate him. The DCE said the university would complement government's efforts to promote the education of the girls.

Capt. Armah also spoke on the impending local government elections, urging that only people who have the welfare of their communities at heart should be elected. Nana Owam expressed gratitude to the First Cayohoga Falls United Methodist Church, North Decatur United Methodist Church, Kent Unitarian Universal Church, all based in the United States as well as others who had contributed towards the project.

Neenyi Ackon Agyeefi VI, Chief of Osubonpayin, pledged the commitment of his people to the successful execution of the project promising that the community would provide land for future expansion of the project.

The Chief appealed to the contractor working on the project to employ his labour force from the village and those nearby. He also appealed to the Electricity Company of Ghana to upgrade electricity supply to the community to cope with the growing needs of the community.