Suhyen (E/R), Aug. 25, GNA - The Apesemakahene of New Juaben Traditional Area, Nana Ani Bonsu, has called for the abolition of the shift system in schools in the New Juaben Municipality to help reduce truancy among school children in the area. He said due to the shift system, school children always took advantage of the situation to absent themselves from school by deceiving their parents they were for a particular shit.

Nana Ani Bonsu was speaking at the inauguration of a GH¢44,765 three classroom block with an office, a store, kitchen and toilet facilities for the Suhyen Methodist Kindergarten. The European Union (EU) contributed 75 per cent of the funds for the project while the New Juaben Municipal Assembly and the Suhyen community contributed the remaining 25 per cent. He appealed to the New Juaben Municipal Assembly to help rehabilitate the Suhyen Junior High School building that had hits roof ripped during a rainstorm a few months ago.

Nana Ani Bonsu urged the New Juaben Municipal Assembly to provide seedlings to support the forestation programme of the community. He suggested the legalization of activities of chainsaw operators to enable them to provide wood for the construction industry and furniture for people in the rural areas.

The New Juaben Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Alex Asamoah, expressed his appreciation to the EU and the Suhyen community for the support. The Programme Manager of the EU, Mr Kwabena Denkyi Darfoor, said in a speech read for him that the facility was one of the biggest among the 231 projects being undertaken in the Eastern Region under the Sixth EU MICRO project.

He said the project also had 56 income generating programmes in the region which aimed at alleviating the poverty levels of the people in the rural areas.