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Samuel Otu Presbyterian SHS receives Gov’t support

The government of Ghana through the Ahafo Regional Minster, Mr. George Yaw Boakye has handed over a 4x4 Hilux pick-up to Samuel Otu Presbyterian Senior High School in Techimantia and also inaugurated two major projects in the said school.

Date Created : 9/24/2021 12:00:00 AM : Story Author : Barnie K. Agyeman/Ghanadistricts.com

According to him, all the challenges of the school have not been tackled by government but urged Management of the school to appreciate the good work government has started in the school and does all it takes to impact knowledge to the students for the students to perform well academically.

He said hard work pays and for that matter, charged students to show respect to their teachers, devoid from immoral activities which would jeopardize their future and take their studies seriously to enable them become good leaders in future.

Mr. Boakye thanked the Chiefs for their leading role played to make peace exists in the Municipality and urged them to also come together to fight for the developmental needs of the Municipality.

Mr. Evans Asare, headmaster of Samuel Otu Presbyterian Senior High School thanked the government under the leadership of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo –Addo and the Ahafo Regional Minister for their kind gesture and indicated that the tremendous investments government has done in the school would go a long way to improve the school's academic work.

On the achievements of the school, he said the school could boost of having Wi-fi internent facility, vehicles, etc. among others.

Presenting the keys to the headmaster of the aforementioned school, Mrs. Lucy Ankrah, the Ahafo Regional Director of Education said the vehicle would go a long way to make management of Samuel Otu Presbyterian SHS effectively manage the school. He charged the headmaster of the school to put the vehicle into good use.

In his address, Hon. Collins Offinam Takyi (MCE) for Tano South lauded NPP government for providing infrastructures to the Municipality to improve the living standards of the residents and said the government through Tano South Municipal Assembly has implemented a number of projects and programmes to improve the life of people in the Municipality.

Mr Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere, the Member of Parliament for Tano South Constituency in his speech, said his office has liaised with the Assembly and collated developmental challenges confronting the Constituency and presented to appropriate quarters to be addressed and hoped in no time, all the said challenges would be solved by government.

The Krontihene of Techemantia, Nana Ampong Kromantain, who chaired the programme, thanked the President and the Regional Minister for their diligent roles played to acquire a bus for the Samuel Otu Senior High School at Techimantia and said free SHS Educational Policy has increased the enrolment figure of the school and called on government to take urgent steps to construct dining hall, teachers' bungalows and boys dormitories for the School, since the school has 366 hectares of land.