Adaklu-Vodze (V/R), Sept. 25, GNA - A three-unit classroom block, constructed by the ROTARACT Club of Ho Polytechnic for Adaklu-Vodze Local Authority (LA) Primary School in the Ho Municipality was inaugurated at the weekend.
The project, which cost 180 million cedis, took 11 years to be completed.
Speaking at the ceremony, Captain George Nfodjo (Rtd), Member of Parliament (MP) for Ho Central underscored the importance of education and said the legacy any parent could bequeath his or her child was education.
"Toiling to educate one's child is an investment that yields dividends in the future", he said adding that the clarion call for the day was educating every Ghanaian child.
Capt. Nfodjo commended the Club for its selfless efforts in providing the facility and said the classroom block would be a living monument in honour of the members.
He said he was using his share of the MP's Common Fund to construct a 100-unit Computer Library, which was nearing completion at Ho Bankoe Evangelical Presbyterian (EP) Junior Secondary School (JSS) to help train pupils in basic schools in his constituency.
He pledged 50 bags of cement and two bundles of roofing sheets for the completion of a store and office for the school.
The MP also pledged to provide a band for the school. Mr. Joseph Achana, Executive Director of Ghana Outlook, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), said his organisation would provide furniture for a new block of classrooms built for the Adaklu-Vodze Local Authority (LA) Primary and also put up a library for the school. In an address read on his behalf, Mr. Francis Korwu, Municipal Director of Education, said the provision of the facility was timely as it would enable the teachers and pupils to teach and learn in a congenial atmosphere.
He advised parents to provide the needs of their wards adding that the capitation grand does not cover everything. Mr Korwu called on the teachers to refrain from drunkenness, absenteeism and laziness and improve upon their work output. In his welcome address, Togbe Agbelekor III, chief of the community thanked members of the Club and appealed to other benevolent societies and philanthropists to help them in their electrification project. On behalf of the community, he presented a certificate of honour to the Club and also presented 60 exercise books, 40 pens and 24 pencils to the school. 25 Sept. 06
