The Minister for the Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery has embarked on an inspection tour to the ongoing construction site of the new mid-country training school being constructed for the Ghana Immigration Service at Tepa in the Ahafo Ano-North District of the Ashanti Region.
The visit was to enable the Minister gather first-hand information and observe progress of work done so far on grounds.
The project which is being funded by the Government of Ghana is expected to be handed over to the GIS early next month.
The Training School is currently in an advanced completion stage of 90% on a 35-acre land which has been released to the Service by the Omanhene of Tepa, Nana Adusei Atwenewa Ampem I for the School to be established.
The Interior Minister was accompanied on the inspection tour by the Tepamanhene, Nana Adusei Atwenewa Ampem I, some Sub-Chiefs and some members of the Zongo Community Leadership of the Tepa Area.
The Director-General of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) who is also a sub-chief of the area, Nana Agyeman Prempeh and personnel of the GIS Tepa District Command were also part of the Team that went around to insect the facility.
The Contractor on site, Alhaji Abdulai Yazzeed Natouno of Yanator Construction Ghana Limited, led the Minister and his entourage around the site to inspect all the structures and a place allocated for the second phase of the project.
After observing the level of work completed on the site, Hon. Ambrose Dery expressed satisfaction on work so far done on ground and commended the contractor for a job well executed on the project.
In a related development, the Minister for the Interior has paid a courtesy call on the Omanhene of Tepa, Nana Adusei Atwenewa Ampem I at his Palace in Tepa to extend Government’s appreciation to the support received from the Chief and the people of the Tepa Traditional Area for the release of land to the Ghana Immigration Service for the construction of the second Immigration Training School in Ghana.
The Minister also commended the Omanhene for promising Government to release another 35-acre plot of land to begin the second phase of the project.
Hon. Ambrose Dery used the opportunity to encourage other leaders to emulate the good gesture by the Tepamanhene and by so doing bring development to their area which will subsequently provide job for the indigenes.
