News:
May 31, 2013
A. K. Wood Company Limited, a leading ply-wood manufacturing company in country has presented 200 pieces of ply-woods to the Member of Parliament for the Asene- Manso- Akroso constituency, Hon. Boateng Owusu Yaw in a bid to assist him complete a new six unit classroom block project for the Asanteman Presbyterian Primary school.
The ply-woods which worth about GHs 2,160 also forms part of the company’s cooperate social responsibility to assist the completion of the new classroom block project to replace the school’s temporal make-shift structure.
Managing Director for the company Mr. kelvin- Gu, in an interview with GhanaMPs.gov.gh indicated that his outfit has for the past eleven years of operation delivered on its social responsibility and added that the company will unremittingly do its possible best to improve upon that.
He was however optimistic that the move could go a long way to improve education in the community and the constituency in general.
He disclosed that though the company had already employed about 240 workers in the company efforts were still being made to employ more as part of measures to decrease the ever-growing employment rate in the country.
Mr. Gu also lamented that the recent power fluctuation has become a major source worry to the company, though he noted the company was recently awarded by the Electricity Company of Ghana as the most valuable company due to their prompt payment of bills.
He said the development has caused the company’s export rate to diminish and therefore called on the ECG to fulfill their promise of delivering their valued customers with quality services.
Meanwhile, MP for the area, Hon. Boateng Owusu Yaw however commended management of the company for their support to improve education in the area and said more could be done to improve teaching and learning in various parts of the country if cooperate organization and individuals assist government in its quest to improve education.
Also on his part, Assemblyman for the area, Hon. Bright Ofori Ampofo expressed appreciation to the MP and A.K Wood Company for their immense contributions in getting the new school block completed by the end of the year.
He however called on other investors to deliver on their responsibility to ensure the forward march of the community and the constituency as a whole.
Emmanuel Frimpong Mensah/GhanaMPs.gov.gh