Tanoso (Brong Ahafo) 26 May '99
An elder of Tanoso in the Brong Ahafo Region has released a 23-acre land to an African American to undertake some projects.
Opanin Kwadwo Addai gave the land to Bishop William L. Lockhart's church, the Temple of Faith Ministry, for development following his homecoming to Tanoso, his ancestral home.
Briefing the Ghana News Agency at Tanoso yesterday, Evangelist Kofi Addai-Boateng, President of the Temple of Faith Ministry International, said an orphanage and a centre for needy children will be set up at an estimated cost of 200 million cedis.
He said the centre would be provided with modern recreational facilities and funding would be provided by the Temple of Ministry International.
Bishop Lockhart, has been installed Nkosuohene of Tanoso.
In addition, Evangelist Addai-Boateng said a centre will be built to train women in batik, tie and dye and dressmaking.
The junior sister of Bishop Lockhart, Sister Mary Handerson, would supply sewing machines and computers for the centre at a cost of three million US Dollars.
Nana Owusu Korkor, Akwamuhene of Tanoso, praised Bishop Lockhart and his family for their efforts to bring development to Tanoso.
He pledged to make the homecoming of Bishop Lockhart and his mother and two sisters an enjoyable one by providing some of their needs including land for them to realise their objectives.
Bishop William C. Lockhart, his mother and two sisters recently arrived at Tanoso, their ancestral home and were given enthusiastic reception.
He was installed Nkosuohene, while his mother, Bertha M. Brown, was made Nkosuohemaa.
Bishop Lockhart pledged to develop Tanoso into a modern township with the help of other African-Americans.
