Busunya (B/A), May 10, GNA - A two-year development programme estimated at several millions of cedis has been launched by the residents of Busunya in the Nkoranza District of Brong-Ahafo. The people in the community have decided to establish an education endowment fund to support the education of brilliant but needy students in the area as well as construct streets drains to check the drainage system as the area is affected by inter-soil erosion and also arrange for a pipe-borne water system for the community.

Mr. Emmanuel Opoku-Wiafe, local Community Project Implementation Committee Chairman told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) at Busunya at the weekend that the programmes would be funded through special levies from all the residents of the community with the non-residents paying higher sums of money.

According to Mr. Opoku-Wiafe, fund-raising rallies would be also organised every year to generate resources to support the development projects.

He expressed concern about how a number of promising students who completed Junior Secondary Schools in the area were very often not encouraged by their parents to continue their courses at the Senior Secondary School level as the parents complained of poverty.

Mr. Opoku-Wiafe therefore, said the education endowment fund would enhance the education of the brilliant children in the area and they would grow to become responsible citizens to serve the community and the state.

He said the population has increased to such an extent that the community has planned to build large water tanks for the boreholes in the area and to connect water to all areas of the community.

Nana Okofo Nyarko Gyabaa II, Chief of the area appreciated the communal labour spirit and efforts of the people in initiating the projects to enhance the development of the community.

He urged them to remain united and co-operative in order that they could share ideas and improve upon their living standards. He stressed the need for the non-residents of the community to visit home regularly to offer their widow's mite and support for the development of the area.