Paramount Chief appeals for Senior High School

By Godfred A. Polkuu

Kologo (U/E), Mar 8, GNA – Naba Tandegrewangrekugre Asobayire V, the Paramount Chief of the Kologo Traditional Area in the Upper East Region, has appealed to government for Senior High School (SHS).  

He said the need for SHS in the area was long overdue, considering the considerable number of Junior High School (JHS) graduates churned out yearly in the area without any SHS to absorb them.  

“The people of Kologo would be very grateful if the government is able to establish a Senior High School in Kologo to take care of the teeming numbers of qualified Junior High School graduates produced annually from the various schools,” he said.  

The Paramount Chief made the appeal when the Regional Minister, Mr Donatus Akamugri Atanga, called on him at his to introduce himself as Minister, and to seek his blessing and support to effectively manage the Region.   

Naba Asobayire V said the establishment of SHS in the area would ease the burden on parents and students who travelled several distances out of the jurisdiction to access Senior High education.   

“Another serious challenge that confronts the people of the area is the lack of a Police Station in Kologo. Criminals take advantage of this situation to attack innocent traders and other travellers along the Navrongo–Kologo Highway, and rob them of their monies, motorbikes, and other personal belongings,” he said.  

He further appealed to the government to promptly consider the establishment of a Police Station in Kologo to help curb the security threat in the area.  

Naba Asobayire V told the Minister that the Kologo Traditional Area was abounded with vast human and natural resources but unfortunately, successive governments over the years failed to utilize the resources to the benefit of the people.  

“We would be very glad if the NDC Government could take advantage of these resources in the area and invest to improve the lives of the people,” the Paramount Chief said.  

According to him, about 90 per cent of the people, particularly the youth were engaged in agriculture, and called for support from government to aid the people with small loans and agro–chemicals at subsidized prices to help them boost their farming activities.  

He thanked the Minister for the visit to his Palace and prayed for God’s blessing for the National Democratic Congress Government as it strives to reset Ghana and put it back on the path of progress and development.  

Mr Atanga in response, said the Chief’s appeals would be forwarded to President Mahama for action, and expressed his desire to collaborate with traditional authorities to advance development in the Region.  

On the issue of security, the Minister, and Chairperson of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC), said pending the construction of a Police Station as the Chief requested, he would liaise with the Regional Police Command to beef up security in the area.   

The Minister, who was on the last leg of his visit to the Paramountcies across the Region, said farmers in the area would soon benefit from President Mahama’s initiative to establish agricultural mechanization centres in Districts to support farmers.  

GNA  

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