Nkroful Agriculture Senior High School (NASS) in the Ellembelle District of the Western Region has secured an ultramodern Assembly Hall, with over one thousand sitting capacity worth 1.2 million dollars.

The Assembly Hall which was built through the instrumentality of an old student and Former minister of Energy,Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, would facilitate social and academic activities in the school.

Addressing students and staff of the school at the commissioning of the facility, the District Chief Executive Kwasi Bonzo said, the Assembly Hall would provide adequate space for social activities in terms of gathering of students to improve teaching and learning in the school.

He commended Armah Kofi Buah, as the representative of the people for lobbying Yinson Productions, an oil and gas company to provide the financial muscle thus 1.2 million dollars required to shoulder the project.

He appealed to present students in the school never to turn their back at their alma mater after graduating knowing how significant their individual contributions can make in the life of the school.

He therefore tasked the students to emulate the shining example of the former Minister and returned with the magnificent project.

Awulae Attiburkusu, Paramount Chief of Lower Axim in the Nzema East Municipality, who chaired the function eulogized the MP for demonstrating an amplifying commitment to the development of his constituency.

As an old student of the school himself, he said," I would stand on behalf of past and present students to thank Yinson Productions, and the Lawmaker for actualizing the dream of the school to have an ultramodern Assembly Hall, with multipurpose functions capable of assisting the school's activities".

The Chief Executive Officer of Petroleum Commission, Egbert Faibille in an address, pointed out that sustainable development in the oil and gas industry would hinge on the strength of the relationship companies would build with local communities, therefore he called for closer ties between the two to make the industry vibrant.

He catalogued a number of interventions engineered by government to proactively curtail looming challenges likely to hamper progress of the promising industry.

These interventions he said include, an introduction of capacity building programmes for local players in the industry, vocational, technical and skills training of manpower for the industry, connecting relevant institutions to opportunities in the industry, and closing the yawning gap between the industry and educational institutions in the country.

On his part,Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, said education would remain the displaying yardstick to measure how effective the Ellembelle District would be able to churn out quality human resources capable of assisting nation building.