Nsoatre ICT center has been abandoned for nearly two and
half year, while the community is constrained and struggles to meet the demand
for internet or a research center for the area. The nsoatre ICT center is the
only ICT center in the community and its caters for about thousand people.
This very project was established in 2008/2009 by the then
Brong Ahafo regional minister Hon.Ignatius Baffour-Awuah administration which served the community for
less than 3years and was abandoned due to the lack of poor managerial and lack
of funds.
Whiles authorities were making frantic efforts to the
facility were let to no use due to bad/poor management. Honorable Daniel Gyabaah
who is the assemblyman a lecturer at the sunyani technical university recounted
to Naymeida.
On account to 2008/2009 the MP for sunyani west Hon. Ignatius
Baffour-Awuah lead a delegation to put up an ICT research center for Nsoatre
community in the sunyani west district with the aim to help students in the community
to equip skills in technology and access information.The facility in the past 2
and half years has been close down, in an exclusive interview with Naymedia the
assemble member for the area (Ahenfie
Electoral Area) Hon.Daniel Gyabaah who is also a lecture at sunyani technical university (civil engineering
department) mentioned that the facility was abundant before he came into power in 2015 but has
call upon the assembly to make all necessary arrangement to revive the facility
which has been close down due to poor managerial problems and misuse of funds
at the center.
He feather explain that upon his research into the matter,
funds which was generated were not even up to 50% of the cost of utilities to
be paid for each month due to poor management and called on the assembly to put
good measures in place when the facility is revived. He also called for
permanent staff to run the facility which he believes will help keep the center
in a good shape to continue to help students in the community.
Hon. Gyabaah noted that students from different schools were
using the facility during their I.C.T period to learn, which help the community
both educational and commercial purposes, which to him was in the right
direction to help train student to be equipped with knowledge in ICT .
Concluding, he continued by explaining that most of the
computers and equipment at the center has broken down and need to be reinstalled
to function properly not withstanding we will need new once.
The assemble
member lamented that there will be a need for sensitization after the center has been revived and called
on all authorities in the community to come to their aid in support of the
course.
By.Asante Yekye.
