Cargill Ghana Limited adopts Akodzo JHS in Tema

Tema, June 2, GNA - The Akodzo Junior High School in Tema Community One, has received a facelift from Cargill Ghana Limited under the Tema Metropolitan Assembly’s (TMA) “Operation Adopt A School” policy.

The school, established in 1958, has not seen any major renovation over the years, a situation that compelled the company to adopt it.

Maa Adoma Boateng, Cargill Office Manager, handing over the refurbished school to the school authorities, said her outfit used about GH¢ 120,000 to do electrical works, replace tables and chairs, fans, ceilings and painting of the eight classrooms and headteacher’s office.

Maa Boateng indicated that prior to the renovation, her outfit had created a library and stocked it with books in addition to a computer lab for the school.

She disclosed that when the TMA wrote to it to adopt any of the public basic schools in Tema, management chose Akodzo because they had already visited the school on the recommendation of a volunteer and had therefore started helping the school.

She said they adopted the school in addition to the Tema Manhean TMA JHS as a way of giving back to the community in which they operated from adding that the two schools would also benefit from a 1,000 Euro worth of teaching aids.

Mr Felix Mensah Nii Anang-La, Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, said Akodzo JHS was one of the schools that first came to the fore after needs assessment was carried out on all the public basic schools in the Metropolis.

Mr Anang-La commended Cargill for responding to the Assembly’s proposal and adopting the school adding that, the renovation and provision of a library and ICT centre would go a long way to improve teaching and learning in the school.

He gave the assurance that the Assembly would fence the school and provide the needed security to ward off miscreants.

He indicated that other companies had expressed interest in adopting other needy schools and processes were under way for them to officially do so to help improve education in the area.

Mr Arnold Courage Nyadi, Head teacher of Akodzo JHS, thanked Cargill for the support and the TMA for the initiative to allow companies to adopt such needy schools.

Meanwhile, the TMA in collaboration with the Tema Restoration Ladies, had presented 2,000 pieces of “The Cockerel” books to all public JHS schools in the Metropolis to enhance reading.

Mr Henry Ayetse, Deputy Director in charge of Planning and Statistics at Tema Metropolitan Education Directorate, encouraged students in the Metropolis to take advantage of the books and inculcate the habit of reading.

Mr Ayetse said reading would enhance their scoop of knowledge about how things happen around them and would also put them in a better position to contribute their quota to the development of the nation as they acquire more knowledge on their own.

GNA

Read Full Story