Alfred Adam
5 August 2008
Zam Samin — MANAGEMENT of Goldfields Ghana Limited (GGL), Damang Mine, has expressed its commitment to promoting good quality education, in its catchment area, as part of its social responsibility.
Consequently, the company has commissioned a six-unit classroom block, at a total cost of $71,934.00, and handed it over to the head of Aboso St. Stephens Anglican Junior High School, at a short ceremony over the weekend.
The company has also budgeted to spend a total of GH¢420,000, next year, on its social investment projects in its stakeholder communities.
Commissioning the project, the Mine Manager of the company, Mr. Albert Baku, noted that 'we believe that the best legacy, the company could leave in our stakeholder communities, is quality education. We share the view of those who think that when human capital is developed, available resources could effectively and efficiently tapped, and utilized for the development of local communities, and the country as a whole."
He, therefore, urged the school authorities, the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), and the School Management Committee (SMC), to take good care of the building, and expressed the hope the infrastructure would enhance effective teaching and learning.
That notwithstanding, Mr. Baku continued that the GGL had established a scholarship scheme, that has benefited over 70 students, from all the stakeholder communities, at both the Senior High and Tertiary institutions in Ghana.
The company has also established a model school at Damang, and consistently assisted it to compete with other good schools in the country.
Adding, 'it is confident that products of the school, who are mainly children of people from the stakeholder communities, are as good as children from any good school in this country."
The Mine Manager added that the company's focus on education would not waver, however, another important sector that should attract equal attention, from the company stakeholders, is the Alternative Livelihood Programme, christened SEED.
The programme, according to him, was not only important for its potential monetary value, but also for its nutritional implication, and for the health of people in the stakeholder communities. The Headmistress of the school thanked the management of GGL for the project, saying it had come at the appropriate time.
She promised to take good care of the project, for the benefit of the entire community.
On his part, the Member of Parliament for the area, Mr. Albert Aubyn, pledged to give a set of football jerseys and footballs to the school.
He also thanked the GGL for the project, saying the company had shown that it saw education as a tool for development, hence the commissioning of the project.
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