NUNGUA TO GET RURAL BANK NEXT YEAR (DAILY GRAPHIC,PAGE 30, DEC 9)

THE Nungua Traditional Council will from next year begin construction works on a community bank as part of infrastructural development projects initiated by the council.
The project, which is aimed at bridging the development gap in the community as well as provide employment for the youth, is estimated to cost GH¢ 50,000.
The spokesperson for the Nungua stool, Wradi Keeda Bortey, made this known at a press briefing at the palace.
He indicated that the project which is set to take off, is being implemented in collaboration with the development chief, with considerable input from the elders and youth of the community.
Mr Bortey noted that the council was also seeking expert advice on the planned relocation of the Nungua Senior High School to a more specious environment to pave way for a redevelopment of the schools present location into a modern hospital.
He also mentioned a scholarship scheme which had been put together by the development chief of the area, Nii Odaikoi II. The package, which is aimed at equipping brilliant needy youth in the community is to afford them an opportunity develop their intellectual capacity.
“By this programme, our expectations are that the scheme would produce students in the areas of selected professions such as, medicine, information and communication technology (ICT), engineering, among others’’, Mr Bortey remarked.
He also indicated the council’s willingness to release parcels of land to the judicial service for the construction of a court complex to help ease congestion at the various high courts in the capital as well as enhance speedy delivery of justice.
The Nungua Mantse, Odehe Kpakpa King Odaifio Welentsi III, who was present at the briefing expressed regret that the community was still engaged in prolonged chieftaincy disputes, which was retarding the area’s development, and called on all to come on board to help liberate the town from abject poverty.
“I acknowledge the fact that in the absence of peace, it would be impossible for us to accomplish any form of development in Nungua,” he said.
The press conference was attended by eight of the nine accredited clan heads of the community.