OBO ORGANISES FUND-RAISING FOR PRESBY UNIVERSITY (PAGE 34)

As part of their Easter celebration, the people of Obo in the Eastern Region, organised a fund-raising event on Easter Sunday in support of the proposed establishment of a Campus for the Kwahu University of Engineering.
Addressing the ceremony, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana, Rt. Reverend Dr Yaw Frimpong-Manso, expressed concern about incidents of internet and bank fraud in the country.
He noted that instead of using the internet to acquire useful knowledge many young people were rather using it to commit crimes.
Rev Frimpong-Manso therefore suggested that religious education should be introduced at the tertiary level to help instill moral discipline in Ghanaians.
He said the vision of Presbyterian education was to train the mind, the heart and the hands to mould men instead of the present educational system which put emphasis on making money-men.
He said the present generation of Presbyterians had an obligation to continue with holistic education introduced into the country by the early missionaries that aimed at making the Ghanaian a self-reliant citizen.
The Moderator said the Abetifi Campus of the Kwahu University would house the Information and Communication Technology and Business and Public Administration Campuses while the Obo and Pepease would have Engineering and Agriculture respectively.
Reverend Frimpong Manso commended the citizens of the area for reciprocating the gesture of the Presbytarian church by donating generously to the projects of the Church in the area.
The moderator commended the Chief Executive Officer of Asona Mining Limited, Nana Kwaku Donkor, for renovating the Presbytarian Church at Bepong.
Nana Donkor donated GH¢3,000 towards the construction of the Engineering Campus at Obo.
The Paramount Chief of the Obo Traditional area said his ancestors who did not have the opportunity to attend school brought the first government school to Obo in 1915.
He said the residents of Obo had therefore taken up the challenge to ensure that the University of Engineering Campus of the Presbytarian Church was completed by the next academic year.