Lambussie/Karni District Assembly to step up development efforts

Suke (UWR), April 11, GNA - The Lambussie/Karni District Assembly in collaboration with its development partners, would provide every basic school in the area with a modern classroom block and furniture before the first term of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ends. Mr. Cement Benin, District Chief Executive (DCE) made this known at the annual meeting of the Danwan Youth Development Association at Suke on Friday.

He said the assembly would also embark on the construction of teachers' accommodation and pre-school classroom blocks as well as the provision of reading materials and equipment to help improve quality teaching and learning.

He said nine additional Community Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound would be provided for Happa, Hachaagan, Dindee, Naawie, Banwom, Kulkarni, Kadelgo, Girgan and Naabaala to make health services accessible the people. Mr. Benin said a piece of land had been acquired for the construction of a district hospital to make healthcare services accessible and affordable.

The DCE asked parents in the area to send children of school going age to school and provide them with their basic needs to enable them to stay and complete their basic education.

He said government had put in place pro-poor interventions such as the Ghana School Feeding Programme, supply of free school uniforms, provision of free exercise and textbooks and increased the capitation grant to help cushion the cost of education. Mr. Baka Hanebe, Secretary of the Danwan Youth Development Association, said people from Suke, Chum, Sina, Dindee and Kongo communities were facing a lot of development challenges that adversely affect their lives.

He said the youth in the area had no employment opportunities, especially during the dry season and called for the provision of a dam to make them productive.

Mr. Hanebe said the association would undertake development projects to complement the assembly's efforts to help address the development challenges in the area. He said the association had assisted the Suke Nursery School with 100 benches and a computer as well as engaging four teachers who are supported with a monthly allowance of GHc50 as a source of motivation. The body also intends to provide financial support for brilliant but needy students in the area to enable them to pursuit higher education.

Mr. Hanebe said efforts were being made to revive the cultural values of the people and inculcate in the youth the need to lead morally upright lives.