Bredi Number one (Brong Ahafo), 16 Feb. '99,

Mr Nkofi Danso Abeam, a citizen of Bredi number one in the Nkoranza district based in Spain, has provided the community with 52 electricity poles valued at 15 million cedis to support the people in their Self-Help Electrification Project (SHEP). The unit committee chairman of the area, Mr S.Y. Amoako, said this during an an inspection of the projects initiated by the people of Bredi Number one. Mr Amoako said the people are contributing 10,000 cedis a man and seven thousand cedis a woman for on-going development projects estimated at 35 million cedis. He urged the Nkoranza district assembly to liaise with the management of the Volta River Authority (VRA) to connect the area to the national grid. Mr Amoako, commended Mr Abeam for his kind gesture and urged others to emulate him. He also praised Mr Yaw Mensah, an Accra businessman, for providing two bundles of roofing sheets and 1.2 million cedis towards the renovation of the local junior secondary school which collapsed following a rainstorm. GRi.../