ASSEMBLY SPONSORS 32 STUDENTS (PAGE 43, NOV 15, 2010)

THE Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) Municipal Assembly has paid fees totalling GH¢5,342.70 for 32 brilliant, needy students.
The beneficiaries included nine form one students and 23 continuing students who are under the assembly’s support programme.
New entrants to the various institutions are yet to be considered.
These were contained in the executive committee report delivered by the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Reverend Veronica Essuman Nelson at the second ordinary meeting of the fourth session of the assembly.
Rev. Essuman Nelson, said the gesture formed part of measures to improve education in the municipality.
She said a number of educational facilities such as classrooms were being put in place whilst a list of deprived schools were to be considered.
Already, nine schools are benefiting from the programme.
Rev. Essuman Nelson called on parents, opinion leaders and other stakeholders to complement efforts of the government to make education accessible to children of school age.
On the Mutual Health Insurance Scheme, the MCE said, 93,931 clients had been registered with renewals at 13,775, whilst valid ID cards stood at 24,065. 
She said for the assembly to improve its revenue base, it was implementing recommendations from the finance and administrative, and the revenue mobilisation subcommittees.
Rev. Essuman Nelson said the moves were aimed at sustaining the administrative machinery of the assembly and its development goals and advised the assembly members to ensure that they succeeded.