Turkish Ambassador commissions borehole for MATS Islamic School

By Iddi
Yire, GNA

Accra, July 05, GNA – Madam Nesrin Bayazit,
the Turkish Ambassador to Ghana, has commissioned a $4,500 borehole for the
Military Academy and Training Schools (MATS), Islamic School in Accra.

The borehole project was jointly commissioned
by Madam Bayazit and Brigadier General Solomon Tei Mensah Osabutey, the Deputy
Commandant, MATS.

Aside the borehole project, the Turkish
Embassy also sponsored the paintings of the MATS Islamic School and the Mosque
complex and the construction of the ablution unit of the Mosque, which would be
completed in due course.

Madam Bayazit said the commissioning of the
project was a testimony to the fact that there was a close and cordial
relationship that existed between Ghana and Turkey.

She said the Turkish Embassy was trying to
identify the needs of the people and how best to help them since “we offer
training and scholarships”.

Mr Mohammed Awwal, the Coordinator of the
religious wing of Turkish diplomacy, Human Development Association
International (HUDAI), operating in Ghana, said the borehole project would go a
long way to ensure regular and constant supply of water to the MATS Mosque and
the surrounding communities.

He said HUDAI had from the beginning of the
year, completed drilling 35 boreholes and they were expecting to scale it up to
50 before the close of the year.

He also mentioned that since 2017 to date,
HUDAI had presented over 41,000 Islamic books to tertiary, secondary and basic
education institutions across the country.

Brigadier General Abdulai Issahaku, Director
General, International Peace Support Operations (IPSO), on behalf of the
Military High Command, expressed their gratitude to the Turkish Embassy for the
project.

He urged the Ambassador to visit the Al-Aziz
Central Mosque in Burma Camp, where they were putting up a madrasa; to identify
areas the Embassy could assist them with where possible.

GNA

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