By Collins Agyekum-Gyasi, Obuasi
THE Managing Director of Anglo Gold Ashanti (Obuasi Mine), Mr Kwesi Enyan, has commended the Obuasi branch of the Ghana Mine Workers Union (GMWU) for its immense support in the operations of the company.
He said the union, as one of the company’s social partners has generally supported the management of the mine through both difficult and happy times.
Mr Enyan gave the commendation at the official sod-cutting ceremony to mark the start of a two-phase construction of a basic school complex at Anyinam, a suburb of Obuasi.
The school, estimated to cost GH¢960.000 will have two-storey blocks, a pre-school block, primary and junior high school (JHS) classrooms to accommodate 40 pupils each for a start, while an administration, an ICT centre and a library block would take off in the next phase.
Mr Enyan entreated the union executives to continue partnering management in their quest to turn the fortunes of the mine around especially in the areas of safety efficiency improvement as well as checking stealing of company property including high-grade ore and concentrates at plant sites.
He said the single most important part of mining was not the ore but the safety of miners.
Mr Prince William Ankrah, General Secretary (GMWU), commended the Obuasi branch for placing high premium on human capital investment and offering quality basic education to their wards and children.
Mr John Kobina Ackon, Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Obuasi, praised the cordial relationship between the management, union and workers and said the initiative of the union would influence of the schoolchildren to fight against diseases and reduce increasing congestion in the existing schools.
Mr Johnny Owusu-Boadi, the Municipal Director of Education, commended teachers and students for their hard work, before this year’s BECE results in which the school came first nationwide and hoped they would keep up their performance in the succeeding years.
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