NPP Western Regional treasurer hopeful donates to Basake community

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Western Regional Treasurer hopeful, who is also the Founder of 'Nzema Maanle NGO', Mrs. Akasi Hormah Miezah, has donated funds to Basake community in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region.

She presented 2,000 Ghana Cedis at a durbar to climax the annual Kundum Festival of the Chiefs and people of Basake community on Saturday October 21, 2017.

She also presented assorted items to Kundum planning community.

The Festival, which was under the theme, "Together we can build", was also marked with activities including clean-up exercise, youth socialisation and fundraising.

Basake is a farming community within the Ellembelle District of the Western Region with the population of about 1500.

The women activist made a cash donation of 2,000 Ghana Cedis to support the completion of an abandoned toilet facility which was started a few years ago due to insufficient funds to complete the facility.

She promised to work with some key stakeholders and chiefs of the Traditional Area and also help empower women of Nzema descent through increased formal and informal education of the girl child, skill training and mentoring.

She advised that Girl Child Education is very paramount to the socio-economic growth and called on all stakeholders to come together to promote the course of women in the three Nzema Districts, thus, Jomoro, Ellembelle and Nzema East.