News:
July 19, 2023
Member of Parliament for Akim Oda Alexander Akwasi Acquah has commissioned a six-unit classroom block at Akim Oda and named it after the former three term lawmaker Yaw Osafo-Maafo.
The new block is the replacement of a similar one that collapsed two and half years ago after a heavy rain storm.
According to the MP the six-unit classroom block belonging to the Presby A and C school is called Hon Yaw Osafo-Maaf classroom block due to the role he had played for them.
He recounted when the rain storm came in two and half years ago several letters were written for assistance from government, but they were not forth coming, and because he was newly elected his MPs’ common fund had not yet been paid.
More so, over ten schools had their roofs ripped off but the A & C Presby Primary School was in a very bad state because of the collapse of the building.
According to him, some private corporate bodies who do not want to be mentioned came on board while others were also not willing to help because the MP is a politician. This compelled him (MP) to approach the senior Presidential advisor Hon Yaw Osafo-Maafo who is a statesman and their requests were granted.
The MP said he also decided to solve the critical problem of lack of place of convenient for the school, a situation that compelled students to come to school with chamber pots, hence he constructed a ten-seater water closet toilet facility for the school.
The last commissioning for the day was an ICT center at the St. Luck Catholic School that would serve the cluster of schools around the area.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com