....and village centre

Dzodze-Tornu (V/R), Aug. 18, GNA - Midogo Foundation, a Netherlands-based non-governmental organisation has built a gari processing factory and a village centre for the community at Dzodze-Tornu in the Ketu District.

The GH(75,000 (750 million cedis) facility is expected to enhance the socio-economic development of the farming community. Inaugurating the facilities, Madam Monique Muller-Van Leenen, First Secretary of the Kingdom of Netherlands, reiterated the willingness of her country to support growth and poverty reduction in Ghana. She described the facilities as an excellent showcase of Ghanaian-Dutch relationship.

Mad Leenen urged women in the community to take advantage of the facilities to improve their lot. Mr. Kofi Dzamesi, Volta Regional Minister, lauded the efforts of the foundation and said government would hook the area to the national electricity grid to facilitate development. He said the town's roads were among those to be rehabilitated and that the government was also considering the construction of a dam in the area.

Miss Comfort Ablormeti of the Department of Women, advised women to form cooperative groups to access micro credits available at her ministry.

Mad. Wortman Anija, Chairperson of Midogo, said the Foundation had plans to build a modern Secondary Technical School for the community and appealed to the chiefs to make land available for the project. Inan address read for him, Togbe Dzudzor Avedzi, Chief of Dzodze-Tornu, expressed gratitude to the Foundation and promised that the facilities would be used well.