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| Regent of Tongo Trational Area, Naba Dan Kolbil |
The Tongo Traditional
Council in partnership with the Talensi District of the Upper East Region is initiating
moves to establish a Private Teacher Training College in the District.
Additionally, the two institutions is
considering putting up a private senior high school to help improve quality
education in the area and also absorb the high number of qualified students
that do not gain admission into the various second cycle institutions.
The Regent
of the Tongo Traditional Area, Naba Dan Kolbil, who announced this, said the
construction of the two institutions will go a long way to open up the area as
far development is concern.
He made the pronouncement when the Upper East
Regional Minister, James Zuuga Tiiga, paid a courtesy call on him at his palace
in Tongo.
The visit forms part of the Minister’s continuous tour to traditional
areas and paramountcies in the region.
Naba Kolbil, said adequate measures have
been put in place to see to the successful construction of the two institutions
and appealed for government’s support in that regard.
He said land banks have
been reserved by the various divisional chiefs for the construction of the said
projects.
The Minister’s visit also took him to Nangodi, Sekoti and Bongo,
where he interacted with the respective chiefs on issues hindering their
development agenda.
One area of concern to the chiefs was the deplorable nature
of the road networks within their catchment area and charged government to
assist in making the road motorable.
Top on the agenda was the need for
government to prioritize education in deprived communities of the region.
In view
of this, the Paramount Chief of the Bongo Traditional Area, Naba Salifu Alemyaruum
requested government to assist the district with a teacher training college to
absorb students from the six senior high schools in the district and beyond.
He
also challenged government to improve the water situation in the area by
rehabilitating the Vea Dam which serves as the major source of drinking water
for the region.
The Paramount Chief of the Nangodi Tradtional Area, Naab Kosom Asaga Yelzoya,
also requested government to support the people in the area with employable
skills through effective social interventions to help alleviate their plight.
The
Paramount Chief for the Sekoti Traditional Area, Naba Sigri Bewong for his part,
appealed to the Regional Minister to ensure the adequate protection of the forest
reserve in the area since rampant tree cutting and illegal mining operations
were posing a major threat to the reserve.
Rounding up his tour, the Regional
Minister said he will push forward the concerns of the chiefs to government for
consideration.
According to him, some senior high schools in the region will be
converted into specialist teacher training colleges that will be used to teach French
and other languages.
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