Koforidua, Jan. 13, -The Newmont
Akyem Development Foundation (NAkDeF), the Charity wing of the Newmont Akyem
Mine has awarded 1,720 scholarships to students in the Birim North District in
communities affected by the mines.
The scholarship beneficiaries are
in tertiary, vocational and Senior High Schools.
Mr Joep Coenen, General Manager
of Newmont Akyem Mine disclosed this at the end of year media soiree for media
personnel in the Eastern Region at Koforidua.
He said NAkDeF had recently
launched a partnership programme with GIZ, a German Development Agency for the
construction of a vocational institute at Akyem Amanfrom for the training of
the people in employable technical skills for their economic empowerment.
Mr Coenen said NAkDeF was also
working towards the establishment of the Cooperative Credit Union to enable the
people in the mining communities to get access to start-up capital for their
businesses and funding for the local businesses.
He said 2017 was a successful
year for the company as it won many awards for their performance and the mine
won the first position in the Ghana Club One hundred award, won the best
performing in environmental management at the Ghana Mining Industry award and
the communication faction of the company won the best Public Relation(PR)
organization of the year, extractive sector at the National PR and
Communication Excellence Award.
The General Manager expressed his
appreciation to all stakeholders of the company including the media for the
support given them.
GNA
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