Storm rips off roofs of a primary school block

Attakrom (Ash), May 19, GNA - A storm, which hit Attakrom, near Mankranso in the Ahafo-Ano South District of Ashanti on Monday ripped off the roofs of the District Assembly Primary School block, the only school in the village.

Mr Musah Yusif Donkor, Assemblyman for Attakrom Electoral Area, who inspected the building told the GNA that the storm started at dawn, lasted for several hours and removed the roofs of the six-unit classroom block completely.

He said the school, a mud structure was built by the community with support from the Adventist Relief Agency (ADRA) in 1990 and had since not seen any rehabilitation and expansion.

The Assemblyman therefore, appealed to the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO), the district assembly and charitable organizations to come to the aid of the school.

Mr Joseph Christopher Obeng, headteacher of the school, said the situation had compelled the 160 children to attend classes under trees leading to abrupt closure of school in the event of rainfall, rendering teaching and learning ineffective.

He called on the assembly and the District Directorate of Education to include the school in the New Partnership For African Development (NEPAD) feeding programme due to the extreme poverty among parents in the area. Mr Obeng commended the community for assisting the school, when it was hit by the catastrophe.