The ICT Centre at Abot

The Basic School pupils of Botowina also called Abot in the Mpohor District of the Western Region will now have the feel of the keyboard and mouse of a computer after studying Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for so many years without seeing computers physically.

This was made possible through the benevolence of the Guantoa Hen of the Shama Traditional Council in the Shama District of the Western Region. Guantoa Hen means “someone people approach for help in times of serious need.

The Chief of Botowina, Nana Kofi Dentu said individuals who had money should help to develop the less endowed areas for the development of the people.

He said the Guantoa Hen of Shama was spending money for the development of human resource in the Shama Traditional Area and beyond because he wanted the villages to be well developed.

He thanked Nana Kwamina Dekye I for the provision of the ICT Centre which would go a long way to assist the pupils in the study of ICT because the globe was all into ICT so it would brighten their horizon.

The Guantoa Hen, Nana Kwamina Dekye I said the whole world was now into ICT and people with less knowledge in ICT could not catch up with what was happening globally.

He said every serious and big time business thrived on ICT because it was easier to sit in Ghana and do business on the computer with another business partner in Europe, Dubai, United States of America than travelling to these countries.

He said he donated six desktop computers and 10 computer desks for the pupils to study ICT properly in order to write the ICT examination well.

He asked the pupils and teachers to take possession of the ICT Centre and utilise the facility well for others to come and use, adding “now you can see and feel the mouse, keyboard and cursor because you no longer study ICT in abstract”. 

From Peter Gbambila-Botowina Aka Abot.