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Report by Edward FRIMPONG
A team from BH FERTAGRO Ghana Limited, a company that specializes in the production and distribution of agricultural inputs, donated items worth 70,000 Ghana Cedis to the Nsawam Prison complex. The team which was led by the Managing Director of the company Mr. Robert Kwabena Ayitey, donated 150 bags of fertilizers, 600 bags of purified water and toiletries.
Mr. Ayitey highlighted that, the donation was part of the company’s cooperate social responsibility, and that they specifically chose to support the prison due to their awareness of the challenges faced by the institution, and the country as a whole in developing its human capital.
‘Ghana now faces significant challenge due to prolonged dry spells affecting multiple regions across the country leading to crop loses impacting close to 1 million farmers’, the Managing Director highlighted. He was hopeful that their kind gesture would help the prison better prepare to navigate through the challenges the drought situation may cause.
The General Manager of the Company, Mr.A lex Kwame Donyinah also used the occasion to appeal to all spirited and well-meaning Ghanaians to exhibit love by coming to the aid of the Prisons across the country, by contributing their quota to ensure that the inmates are properly rehabilitated for a better society.
The team was warmly received by the Assistant Director of Prisons (ADP) Andrews Osei, who is the second in command at the Medium Security Prison in Nsawam. He expressed his gratitude for the donation, acknowledging the impact it would have on the prison’s maize farm, which plays a crucial role in supplementing the ration of the inmates. He encouraged BH FERTAGRO GH. LTD. to continue such philanthropic effort and urged other organizations and well able men to follow suit.
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