Classroom block for Ofoase D/A Basic School
A six-unit classroom block has been inaugurated for the Ofoase D/A Basic School in the Agona East District of the Central Region.
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The project was sponsored by a consortium of banks, who contributed a total of GH¢109,541 while the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) provided the furniture and other furnishing items at a cost of GH¢40,455.8.
The banks included Nedbank Limited, Citizajx, Icbc (London), SG-SSB Gh Ltd and Natixis, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Standard Bank Gh Ltd, Barclays Bank Ghana Limited, ABSA Bank Ltd and Ghana International Bank PLC.
The rest are First Rand Bank Limited, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Rabo Bank and Standard Chartered Bank
Inaugurating the project, the Chief Executive of COCOBOD, Mr Anthony Fofie, said the provision of the school block was an example of the continued effort by the government and COCOBOD to enhance the livelihoods of cocoa farmers.
According to him, as part of the corporate social responsibility of his outfit, COCBOD had instituted programmes that do not only seek to increase cocoa output and productivity but also promote the socio-economic well-being of the farmer.
He said some of the interventions were the construction of classroom blocks, provision of scholarships for farmers’ children and the provision of solar streetlights in cocoa-farming communities, among others.
He stressed that the scholarship scheme for farmers’ children had made it possible for many poor households to educate their children, adding that since 1996, more 45,000 awards had been given to children of cocoa farmers to enable them to complete second cycle education.
By Gilbert Mawuli Agbey/Daily Graphic/Ghana
