THE Ghana Oil Palm Development Company (GOPDC) over the weekend gave out a cheque for GHҐ12,000 to the Okumaning Stool to support the activities of the chief, Barima Adu Gyamfi and his elders.
Okumaning is one of the towns within the operational area of GOPDC which is cultivating oil palm plantation on a large track of land the chief and his elders gave the company.
Making the presentation at Kwae, the Managing Director of GOPDC, Mr J.C.E. Inkumsah, said apart from supporting the traditional authorities in the area, the company had also lived up to its social responsibility by helping to improve education, health, extension of electricity as well as providing other aspects of community development projects.
Mr Inkumsah cited for instance that GOPDC provided GHҐ200,000 towards Okumaning’s electrification project before the company’s oil palm plantation was matured.
He said the company which was assisting other communities in its operational area in diverse ways, adding that it had earmarked GHҐ47,600 to finance a project proposed by the community in consultation with the Kwaebibirem District Assembly.
He, therefore, appealed to Barima Adu Gyamfi to prevail on his people to stop harassing workers of the company.
Barima Adu Gyamfi who was accompanied by the Queen of Okumaning, Obaa Panyin Abena Kyerewa and Abusuapanyin J.F. Asare, expressed his gratitude to GOPDC for its assistance and said he would ensure that no worker of the company was harassed.
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