MUSLIMS TO START SHS AT KYEASE IN SEPT (PAGE 20)

Story: Joe Okyere, Elmina

THE Federation of Muslim Communities (FEMCO) in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipality has put up a six-unit classroom block at Kyease, near Kissi for a senior high school (SHS) to enhance the education of Muslim youth in the area.
Academic work at the school, FEMCO Islamic SHS, is expected to start by September, this year.
Speaking at a durbar to climax the first annual District Muslim Conference at the forecourt of the KEEA Municipal Assembly Hall at Elmina, the President of FEMCO-KEEA, Alhaji Ishaq Donkor, said a governing council had been established for the smooth and effective running of the school.
Alhaji Ishaq said the school's doors were open to all youth and that its academic work would be based on the normal Ghana Education Service curriculum.
He said FEMCO-KEEA decided to establish the school to educate Muslim youth, since Muslim communities in the country were the most deprived in the country.
The Municipal Chief Executive for KEEA, Mr George Frank Asmah, commended FEMCO-KEEA for its vision, and promised the assembly's support for the project.
He advised parents to educate their children, since education was a means to an end and the best legacy they could bequeath to their children.
Mr Asmah reminded the Muslim communities to desist from the temptation of being used for political violence by disgruntled politicians before, during and after the 2008 general election.
He urged them to vote massively for the NPP to enable the party to continue with its development agenda.
A representative of the flag bearer of the Convention People's Party (CPP), Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom, donated GH¢200 towards the project and said Dr Nduom was putting up a junior high School for the Elmina Zongo community.
Other speakers at the function who commended FEMCO-KEEA for their vision and the Chief of Kyease, Nana Kofi Yaw V, for releasing land for the project, were Alhaji Dawuda, Chairman of the Governing Council of FEMCO; Sheikh Mustapha Ibrahim, Chairman, Islamic Council for Development and Humanitarian Services, Accra; Sheikh Yacoub Shuaib Abban, General Secretary, Al-Suna Wajamat; and Alhaji Major Mohammed Essah (retd), Chairman of the Coalition of Muslim Organisations of Ghana.
An appeal for funds in support of the school yielded GH¢1,150.