Books piled up, no room for library

Gomoa Onyadze, Jan 21, GNA - Books meant for a library at Gomoa Onyadze near Winneba Junction have been locked up in a small room due to lack of a suitable building for the purpose.

About 2,000 books were donated by some expatriate volunteers who rendered services in the town to use to stock a library but the structure has not been built.

Mr. Issah Badugyan, Chairman of the town's unit committee, said this at the inauguration of Nana Kobina Gurah IV and Nana Ekua Gurabah I as Chief and Queen Mother respectively of the town. Mr. Badugyan said the volunteers realized that the inability of pupils to read was the bane of their poor performance in examinations and decided to support the community with books to establish a library to help pupils to cultivate reading habit. He said the volunteers honoured their promise but due to financial constraints the community had not been able to fulfil their part of the agreement which enjoined them to provide a structure for the library. As a result the books, which were presented to the community nearly two years ago, have been locked up defeating the purpose for which they were donated.

He appealed to the Member of Parliament for the area the Gomoa West District Assembly, donor agencies and benefactors to help the community to solve the problem.

Nana Gurah, Executive Secretary of Mbofra Foundation, a non-governmental organization, pledged the support of the community to investors who want to do business in the town. He said a land bank had been created to make it easy for investors to acquire land and promised to make education his priority. Mr. Francis Kojo Arthur, MP for the area, appealed to the people to put the acrimonies of the past election behind them and unite to develop the town. He said they could only see him as an effective MP if they were prepared to unite and help the community to develop.