GIVE SUPPORT TO EDUCATION IN KASSENA-NANKANA AREA (PAGE 19, JUNE 18, 2010)

The Kassena-Nankana West District Director of Education, Mr Augustine Bugase, has called on all stakeholders to support the directorate to bring education to the doorstep of every child in the district.
According to him, education is an integral part of human development, hence it behoves all to support the directorate to ensure its success.
Mr Bugase made the appeal at Paga when the Nara Rural Bank donated sports equipment to the directorate. The gesture is the first to be received from a corporate organisation since the directorate was created a little over two years ago.
He said because the district was carved out of the Kassena-Nankana East District, which could boast a university campus, a teacher training campus, a number of senior high schools and a community health school, there was an erroneous impression that the new district was well-to-do.
“This new district takes care of the outskirts and the most deprived areas and without adequate support, the work becomes very challenging,” he said.
Mr Bugase, on behalf of the directorate, thanked the donor for its support, adding that with more of such assistance, the district would unearth more sports talents for the nation.
“Paga is the home of Abedi Pele and with such support coming in, I can assure you that more talents will be revealed to contribute to uplift Ghana sports,” he said.
The Nara Rural Bank donated a set of jerseys, a set of football boots and two sets of footballs, all valued at GH$1,540, to the district education directorate.
The Managing Director of the bank, Mr Samson Atagre Adaakobga, said the donation followed an appeal by the district education office to the bank for support.
He noted that as a bank, it was determined to give maximum support to education and sports, adding that it had instituted policies and programmes to provide financial support for parents to handle the educational needs of their children.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank, Mr David Samari, urged the beneficiaries to take good care of the items.
The Physical Education Co-ordinator for the district, Mr Mathew Acharibasam, commended the bank for responding positively to the appeal.
He expressed concern that despite the numerous appeals for support made to other institutions in the district, only the Nara Rural Bank had shown some commitment.