The Chief of Essipong, Nana Kofi Abuna V has appealed to the government to establish an Education Fund with part of the expected revenue from crude oil for needy but brilliant students in the Western Region.
Nana Abuna made the appeal at a durbar to mark this year’s Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Teachers Day celebration, held at Fijai in the Western Region.
He said a percentage of the revenue from the oil fields in the region could be dedicated for the endowment fund to provide quality education to the children of the region.
He said the region had been neglected for far too long by successive governments in spite of the fact that it contributed more than 50 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
Nana Abuna stressed that the region was lagging behind in terms of infrastructural development, saying, ‘Why is it that we produce the chunk of the country’s natural resources such as cocoa, timber, rubber, palm oil, diamond, gold, bauxite, manganese and other resources, yet all the successive governments failed to develop the region?.
He expressed concern about the low standard of education in the region.
Nana Abuna stressed that the region was lagging behind in terms of infrastructural development, saying, ‘Why is it that we produce the chunk of the country’s natural resources such as cocoa, timber, rubber, palm oil, diamond, gold, bauxite, manganese and other resources, yet all the successive governments failed to develop the region?.
He expressed concern about the low standard of education in the region.
“Even though there is education in the region we need quality education to help our children to be in responsible positions in the region and the country at large”, he added.
Nana Abuna noted that the oil companies had employed foreigners to work on the oil rig because of their skills and qualifications and urged the youth in the region to pursue relevant courses in the petroleum industry that would enable them to become employable in the oil and gas sector.
Nana Abuna noted that the oil companies had employed foreigners to work on the oil rig because of their skills and qualifications and urged the youth in the region to pursue relevant courses in the petroleum industry that would enable them to become employable in the oil and gas sector.
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