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GNPC hands over 160-bed dormitory to Bekwai SDA SHS

The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) through the GNPC Foundation,has commissioned a 160-bed dormitory and 24-Unit Toilet and Bath facility at Bekwai SDA Senior High School (SHS) in the Ashanti Region.

Date Created : 7/8/2021 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Susana Danso/Ghanadistricts.com

At a short ceremony to hand over the facility, the Chief Executive Officer of GNPC Ghana, Dr. Kofi Kodua Sarpong, called on corporate entities to extend support to schools and institutions so as to make academic works bearable for both students and teachers.

“A trip across the country would show GNPC’s enormous investment in the education sector with the construction of some 162 6-unit classroom blocks to enhance teaching and learning,” he said.

He hinted that GNPC, through the Foundation, will bring more focus to the health sector with plans to expand its support to health institutions and the provision of healthcare infrastructure such as Community Based Health Planning and Services facilities (CHPS compounds) in communities with dire need for such.

On his part, the Member of Parliament for Bekwai Constituency and 1st Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Joseph Osei Owusu, thanked the GNPC for its developmental role in Ghana and for extending its support to the people of Bekwai.

Mr. Kofi Anane Afoakwa, Headmaster of Bekwai SDA SHS, expressed the school’s profound gratitude to the GNPC Foundation for coming to their aid and assured that plans have been put in place to ensure its sustainable use over a long period of time.

Present at the ceremony was the Executive Director of the GNPC Foundation, Dr. Dominic Eduah, Ag. Head of the Environment and Social Amenities Unit of the GNPC Foundation,Madam Lubaabat Habib-Jawulaa, MCE for Bekwai Municipal Mr. Kwaku Kyei Baffour and other representatives from the Municipal Education Directorate.