Nana Bafour Kwame Ofori II, the chief of Apoli Beposo, has issued an urgent appeal for support to construct a community initiated teachers’ bungalow to address the housing shortage that has led to a mass exodus of educators from the only school in the community.
The lack of accommodation has forced many teachers to trek daily from distant communities, impacting the quality of education.
“Courtesy of the government, we had about 14 teachers posted here, but due to lack of accommodation, almost all have left,” Nana Bafour explained. “The community has initiated a project to construct a teachers’ bungalow because the government failed to intervene. Now we have molded about 3,000 plus blocks. We know the importance of education, so we plead with you to support this project,” he urged.
The chief said this during a visit by Deputy National Women’s Organizer Abigail Elorm Akwambea Mensah and the Regional Women’s Wing led by Shirley Naana Ampem, as part of the ongoing outreach program by the wing.
The chief praised the NDC for their infrastructural developments, particularly noting the construction of a road to his community. “If not for NDC, no car could have come here. It is NDC that constructed the road to this community,” he stated. “It is mostly under NDC governments that we see rehabilitation of the road because you constructed it and know its importance to the people.”
Despite assurances from the Member of Parliament for Akyem Swedru Constituency, Hon. Kennedy Osei Nyarko, and Deputy Minister of Roads and Highways, Pamblin Jalulah, in September 2023, that the construction of Swedru, Aduasa Apoli, and Beposo roads would be completed within 14 months, the project has stalled.
The contractor abandoned the site after constructing parts of the drainage system, leaving the road almost unmotorable, especially during rains.
Nana Bafour likened the country’s economic plight and severe suffering to the biblical story of the Israelites’ 400-year bondage in Egypt. “Like how Moses was sent by God to rescue the Israelites, I believe that day will come for us too. We are in slavery and we need a savior,”
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
