Akua Brago Diawuo ICT Centre takes delivery of library books
The Akua Brago Diawuo library/Information Communication Technology (ICT) Centre at Akyem Oda has taken delivery of 7,500 assorted books to stock the library.
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The books were donated by the Minister of Communications and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West and a native of Oda, who constructed the facility last year in honour of her mother.
The presentation ceremony, held last Friday, attracted many dignitaries including the MP for Oda and a Deputy Minister of Health, Alexander Akwasi Acquah, the MP for Akyem Achiase and a Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry, Kofi Ahenkorah Marfo, Kofi Brako, a former MP for Tema Central, Joyce Adjoa Agyeiwaa, the Municipal Chief Executive for Birim Central and Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako, the Director General of the Ghana Cyber Authority.
Acquire knowledge
In her speech, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful advised pupils, students, teachers and the public to patronise the library/ICT centre to broaden their knowledge, as well as improve their vocabulary.
She was happy that as many as 11,640 people had used the facility since it was set up last year and used the occasion to advise parents to attach special importance to their children's education since education is the key to development.
The minister was grateful to the stakeholders of the library/ICT centre for maintaining the facility since its construction and urged them to sustain the spirit.
More libraries
The Eastern Regional Director of the Ghana Library Authority, Evans Korletey-Tene announced that libraries in the region had increased from six in 2018 to 26 this year, adding that steps were far advanced to ensure that each of the 33 districts in the region had a library.
The MP for Oda, Mr Acquah in his address, commended Mrs Owusu-Ekuful for her commitment to the development of Oda in particular and the entire Akyemansa area in general.
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He enjoined students and other scholars in the area not only to patronise the facility but also to preserve it.
He said the facility could be used for income generation activities such as being used as a conference centre for public events on a commercial basis.
Akyem Bieni
In another development, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful and the Director General of the Ghana Cyber Authority, Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako presented a quantity of assorted books to the community library at Akyem Bieni in the Akyem Achiase District.
Dr Antwi-Boasiako constructed the facility for his hometown three years ago.
