NEW CLASSROOM BLOCK FOR SDA JHS IN BA (JUNIOR GRAPHIC, PAGE 6, APRIL 21, 2010)

A Sunyani based businessman, Mr Kwasi Asante, has single-handedly constructed a new classroom block with office and store at a cost of GH¢90,000 to replace the dilapidated structure of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Junior High School in the Sunyani West District of the Brong Ahafo Region.
For almost nine years now, students of the school have been attending classes in the dilapidated structure which suffered extensive damage as a result of a severe rainstorm that hit the area.
In view of the dilapidated nature of the classroom block, some of the students are either reluctant to attend classes, especially whenever it threatened to rain, while others have dropped out entirely, a situation which adversely affected teaching and learning at the school.
However, thanks to the benevolence of Mr Kwasi Asante, aka Assize Ban, the students now study in  a congenial atmosphere.
The decision by Mr Asante, who is the Managing Director of Original Asaase Aban Company Limited in Sunyani to put up the block, followed an appeal made by the leadership of the SDA church in the town, when he attended one of the church’s annual conferences.
The inauguration of the project last Wednesday was a delight to watch as both students and parents danced to brass band and guitar music.
In a short address, Mr Asante said it was the will of God that he undertook the project, and that he was deeply touched by the dangerous state of the previous classroom block and therefore did not hesitate to support the community.
He urged parents and the general public to show concern about the welfare of their children, adding that the overall development of the town ought to be the responsibility of every member of the community.
Mr Asante, who is not a member of the SDA church but a Presbyterian, then advised that, the maintenance of the block should not be the task of the SDA church alone but all the people in the area, since the students attending the school came from different religious backgrounds
The President of the Midwest Ghana Conference of the SDA church, Pastor Fred Adjei, commended Mr Asante for the kind gesture, and assured that adequate maintenance would be provided to prolong its lifespan.
Mr Kwadwo Osei Asibey, the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Sunyani West, advised the children against ‘wee’ smoking and the abuse of other  hard drugs as well as the drinking of alcoholic beverages.