THE Chiefs and people of Onwi, near Kuntunasi have organised their annual general meeting and fundraising harvest to source for money to renovate the junior high school block in the community, which has now become a death trap.
The JHS block, which was constructed by the community in 1967 through communal labour, now has cracks on the walls and leaks badly, putting the lives of both the teaching staff and students at great risk, especially when the weather is unfavourable.
Through the communal spirit of the people in Onwi in the Bosomtwe District of Ashanti, a number of development projects including the construction of a six classroom block, office and store for the primary school in the community and the tarring of the Onwi High Street have been initiated.
Addressing the people during the fundraising harvest, the Chief, Nana Osei Kwabena II, expressed concern about the nature of the JHS block, in spite of the numerous appeals made to the Bosomtwe District Assembly to support the community.
He pointed out that unlike neighbouring communities that the Bosomtwe District Assembly had supported in cash and kind over the years, especially in the areas of educational infrastructure to facilitate teaching and learning, potable water, public places of convenience to enhance sanitation among others , “Onwi is yet to receive any of such support”.
Nana Kwabena noted that the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) initiated to entice children to have keen interest in academic work had also not been extended to the Onwi Community, saying it was time Onwi had a fair share of the national cake because they have been neglected for a long time.
On the issue of spraying of cocoa farms in the area to enhance increased production Nana Kwabena said, “the exercise had not benefited cocoa farmers in the Onwi Community.
He advised the youth to refrain from using drugs and drinking of alcoholic beverages, saying “such actions affect your health and undermine your quest to be future leaders”.
sIn his address, the Chief Executive of Bosomtwe District Assembly, Mr Edward Nti Berko, commended the chiefs and people of Onwi for their communal spirit, making it possible for them to generate resources to initiate a number of projects.
He said the community should not only actively support such initiatives, but also eschew any tendency likely to derail the peace and tranquility that made it possible for them to meet annually to devise means of generating resources to improve their standard of living.
He pledged the assembly’s support, saying the next three years have been earmarked for undertaking development projects likely to improve the standard of living among the people of the district.
He, therefore, urged opinion leaders in the community to liaise with the technical committee to seek their views on priority areas to enable the assembly to come out with a budget that would address their needs.
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