The Mamfehene, Osaberima Ansah Sasreku III has on Friday, August 4, 2023, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) together with its Alumni Association of the institution over the Mamfe Eco Tourism complex Project.
On last year 2022, the Mamfehene gave out 7 acres of land to support his reign for KNUST to be used for the Eco Park project.
To affirm this, he formally signed a MoU that testifies he [Mamfehene] has officially offer the land for free.
Speaking to Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH, the Mamfene who doubles as the Kyidomhene of Akuapem Traditional Council in the Eastern Region indicated that he considered how beneficial the project would be to the unborn generation through developmental before offering the land.
Osaberima Sasreku underscores that even if himself and the current leadership of the KNUST are no more, the initiative would become a bond between the people of Mamfe and the institution.
“When this Eco Park is being completed, Mamfe would be developed because people from Ghana and abroad would come for excursions or tour over there and it will boost their local economy and will also create job opportunities for the residents living in the area,” he stated.
He ceased the opportunity and urged his colleagues Chiefs to embraced developmental projects for their people instead of seeking for their personnel gains.
He indicated that, he is optimistic that, per the enthusiasm of the school child who had the opportunity to witness the project, he is confidence these children would continue the unfinished works of their predecessors.
Speaking at the program, James Kwasi Oberko, the Senior Assistant Registrar of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology who represented the Vice Chancellor of the School, Professor Rita Akosua Dickson said, the KNUST was grateful to the overlord of Mamfe for his kind gesture.
He concluded by assuring that the University would put in all efforts to support children from Mamfe through education to give them a better future.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source// Obohnewsonline.com.
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