€40m For BA Poverty War

EurosA €40 million project that seeks to eliminate extreme poverty, improve health care, education, transport and ensure sustainable agriculture and provision of low-cost housing is to be implemented in the Brong Ahafo Region.

The project dubbed, “The Brong Ahafo Green Fund for Capital Enterprise,” would ensure food and job security for 7,000 people. 

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Global Media Foundation (GLOMEF), Raphael Godlove Ahenu Jr, disclosed this during a meeting with Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Justice Adjei when a 10-member delegation from GLOMEF paid a courtesy call on him.

He said additional jobs would be created in the sustainable, non-extractive construction sector based on organic oil. 

The project, he said, is the initiative of New Directions Foundation (NDF) Limited, a not-for-profit company based in UK in partnership with GLOMEF, a human rights and anti-corruption media advocacy organization based in Ghana.

He noted that the purpose of the meeting was to brief him on the project and to solicit the support of government to ensure effective implementation of the project.

Briefing the Deputy Minister, Mr. Ahenu said the project would be piloted in 15 communities in three selected districts in the Brong Ahafo region.

He mentioned the beneficiary communities as Odumase, Chiraa, Nsuoatre, Dumasua and Fiapre in the Sunyani West District, Sunyani, Abisem, New Dormaa, Kotokrom and Atronie in the Sunyani Municipality, as well as Kintampo, Babatokuma, Kunsu  Kraboso and Ayima in the Kintampo North Municipality.

According to him, under the project, regional industries would be established by Berlin Technology Hub for the manufacture of low-cost high efficiency solar energy to be made available to communities along with storage and re-use equipment to provide community Low Voltage power supply.

The project, he said, would provide opportunities for selected communities, which would bring development to the people, especially women.

He called for maximum support from government to ensure the success of the project.

The Deputy Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Justice Adjei, said eliminating poverty through the creation of jobs cannot be achieved by government alone since it needs the support of all, especially NGOs and the private sector.

He thanked the NGO for the initiative, which would help people in Brong Ahafo.

From Vivianna Mensah, Sunyani