Kwaso (Ash), July 2, GNA - The Ejisu-Juaben District Assembly is committing 25 million cedis to support of development projects at the Kwaso Rural Development College.
The projects include the construction of a library and provision of potable water.
Mr Yaw Ahenkora Afrifa, Ejisu-Juaben District Chief Executive (DCE), announced this at the 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Rural Development College at Kwaso.
The DCE said the Assembly was aware of the problems confronting the College and said that frantic efforts were being made to develop the college.
Mr Afrifa advised people in the satellite communities of the College to avail themselves of the opportunities it offered by enrolling in it to acquire skills that could make them channels and agents of change in their localities.
He urged graduates of the College to let the skills and knowledge they acquired from the College to impact positively on rural communities by opting to stay and work in such remote areas.
Nana Aboagye Adjei II, Omanhene of the Ejisu Traditional Area, expressed regret that, even though, the College had a unique mission of focusing on enhancing community development initiatives through education and guidance, it suffered from the lack of requisite facilities.
He said provision of such teaching and learning facilities should, however, not be seen as the sole duty of only the government, but the responsibility of all stakeholders.
To this end, Nana Aboagye Adjei appealed to non-government organisations, corporate bodies and philanthropic groups to assist the College financially and materially, to develop its infrastructure and other facilities.
Mr M.A. Seidu, Member of Parliament for Wa Central, stressed the need for graduates of the College, who were most often concerned with community development, to forge unity with traditional rulers, opinion leaders and the people in the area, to enable them to achieve their mission of enhancing progress.
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