Kumasi — At long last, the local Junior High School (JHS) at Heman-Buoho, which is currently being run from a rented premises, is about to be relocated to a permanent place.

This is courtesy of the instrumentality of the Assembly Member for the Ntiri-Buoho electoral area in the Kwabre West district of the Ashanti Region, Mr. John Arthur, alias Abe Kumasi, with some intervention from the District Assembly, the Heman-Buoho community would soon boast of a permanent three-classroom block for the local JHS.

In three months time, a GH¢40,000 three-classroom block, an office, and a store, would be completed for use by the local JHS, following the prioritisation of the project by the new District Chief Executive (DCE) for Afigya Kwabre, Mr. Kaakyire Oppong Kyekyeku, which project was captured in the Assembly's budget for the year.

Once pupils of the local JHS are settled, it is likely pupils of the Heman-Buoho D/A Primary School might also enjoy the largesse of the new DCE, who sees education as a key to development.

The Ashanti File is reliably informed that the community is negotiating with a private developer to hand over a six-classroom block and an office on completion, to house the local primary school, which is currently being run in a temporary structure, which had been abandoned by the owner because of its deplorable condition.

The primary school, which has over 300 registered pupils, was started in an abandoned structure when the Assembly Member for the Ntiri-Buoho electoral area, Mr. John Arthur, alias Abe Kumasi, decided to mobilise children to establish a school for the community.

Before Abe Kumasi assumed office as an Assembly Member, the community had no school. According to him, the structure, which used to be a private school, was abandoned by the proprietor because anytime it rained the classrooms became flooded, as a result of the clayey nature of the terrain, a situation that has already weakened the foundation of the building.

With time the owner entered into a tenancy agreement with the community before the continued with the use of the structure for the six classrooms. The school project, initiated by the local Town Development Committee, was stifled initially by one Opanin Kwame Dapaah, who claimed ownership of the land allocated for the school project by the community.

The Assembly Member, on behalf of the constituents, has expressed profound appreciation to Abusuapanin Kwame Dapaah, and the District Chief Executive, for the support in helping the community realise its educational needs.

Mr. Arthur has appealed to non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and well-meaning citizens, to contribute towards the completion of the school projects in the community.