By Kofi Owusu
The Omanhene of Prang Traditional Area in the Pru West District of the Bono East Region, Nana Kwadwo Nyarko 111, has reiterated the need for the provision of infrastructural projects in the educational sector in order to improve quality education in the country.
He said it is only through education that Ghana could achieve its socio-economic agenda.
Nana Kwadwo Nyarko was speaking during this year’s celebration of Nkyifie Yam Festival at Prang, the capital of Pru West District.
He indicated that the introduction of the Free SHS programme by the Akufo-Addo administration had increased enrolment in schools, especially Prang Senior High School (SHS).
According to him, Prang SHS is among the best schools in the region and Ghana as a whole but lacks infrastructural projects.
Nana Kwadwo Nyarko noted that the school needed a new administration block to serve the administrative purposes of the school, adding that the school is also in dire need of a bus to run the activities of the school.
According to him, the boys’ dormitory of the school has become congested and there is an urgent need to address it since it does not augur well for teaching and learning.
Nana Kwadwo Nyarko III,Pranghene
On the stalled girls’ dormitory, Nana Kwadwo Nyarko appealed to the government, through the District Chief Executive, to address it.
He thanked the Akufo-Addo administration for giving Prang its fair share of the national cake.
He mentioned the tarring of the Prang town, Regional Urban Roads office at Prang, IDIF, Prang water project, Agenda 111 hospital, among others.
He reminded the President that though he appreciates his efforts in improving Prang, the contractors working on the Agenda 111 had abandoned the site due to financial constraints according to investigations.
Nana Kwadwo Nyarko, therefore, humbly appealed to the President to release funds so that the contractors can return to the site and hopefully complete it before this year.
He used the occasion to advise all Ghanaians to desist from any acts that could mar the beauty and success of this year’s general election.
He said election is about whom you think can do the job, not about fighting.
