MORE than GH¢8,000 was realised at a fund-raising ceremony in aid of development projects at Jasikan in the Volta Region at the weekend.
It was organised by the Jasikan Town Development Committee under the auspices of Mr Henry Ford Kamel, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Buem, and his friends.
Speaking at the ceremony, Mr Kamel urged the people to be ready to complement the government’s efforts by contributing generously towards the development of the area.
He said the resources of the nation could not meet all the needs of the people at the same time.
The MP commended the people for their initiative in organising the ceremony and expressed the hope that whatever was realised would be put to good use.
The Chairman of the Town Development Committee, Mr Edwin Asiamah, said it was high time Jasikan marched alongside the other district capitals in the country.
Mr Asiamah stated that Jasikan was an old town and one of the most developed in the region, but its development had been retarded when the cocoa boom collapsed some 20 years ago.
“Now is the time for us to position ourselves to take the development of the town into our own hands,” he stressed.
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