Dzodze(V/R), Nov. 26, GNA - Professor Mike Ocquaye, Minister of Communication on Saturday said work on the National Electronic Fibre Backbone to make Ghana an Information Technology (IT) motorway would begin soon.

Parliament had already approved a 30 million dollar loan with an additional 50 million dollar grant from China for the facility to make internet connectivity and general IT networking easier to accelerate development prospects in the country.

Prof. Ocquaye announced this when addressing a durbar to climax the maiden homecoming of Old Students Association of Dzodze Penyi Secondary School (DZOPOSA) at Dzodze.

He said another 40 million dollar scheme called E-Governance system in which IT would be applied in policy implementation between Government, Ministries, Departments, Metropolitan; Municipal and District Assemblies as well as the business community was also in the offing.

Prof. Ocquaye noted that there were prospects in the country's youth in IT as the new economic lifeline in the world and asked all and sundry to take advantage of the system to build their capacity in knowledge, business and education.

He commended DZOPOSA for coming together to propel the growth of their alma mater in the right spirit of nation building. "I urge you the students to learn hard despite the situation in the school because victory is sweet after a great battle. Performance is the essence of education or else we are wasting our time," Professor Ocquaye said.

Professor Ocquaye suggested that a system be devised for evenly distribution of educational facilities in schools to avoid the situation in some deprived schools.

He presented three sets of computers being the first batch of five sets from Internet Ghana for a proposed computer laboratory in the school and pledged to negotiate with the management of Ghana Telecom (GT) to extend a line to the area from Denu to hook the computer centre onto the net.

Dr Emmanuel Srofenyo, a Medical Practitioner and President of DZOPOSA said the association spent about 400 million cedis mobilized from members and 400 bags of cement donated by the management of Diamond Cement company for the expansion and refurbishment work on the old school library which was inaugurated as part of the homecoming. Mr Ebenezer Attieku, Headmaster of Dzodze Penyi Secondary School changed from Dzodze Training College in 1972, had continued to grapple with inadequate and poor facilities and commended DZOPOSA for its programmes to rehabilitate some of the infrastructure. He expressed appreciation to Government for the construction of a multi-million cedi assembly and dinning hall project at the school. 26 Nov. 06