The new library Isert: Awulae Attibrukusu III assisted by Mr. James Kainyiah (right) and

others guest cutting the ribbon

The Western Heritage Home (WHH), a Non-Gov­ernmental Organisation (NGO) operating in the West­ern Region has constructed a Library Complex for Axim in the Nzema East Municipality of the region.

The President of WHH, Mr. James Kainyiah at the commis­sioning ceremony said reading was very important to learning and all libraries played a major role in learning all subjects.

He said for any community to develop rapidly three basic things were necessary and mentioned hospital, Police Station and education in which the presence of a good library to help the students was need­ed urgently.

He said the library had all the knowledge in the world stocked in it and anybody seeking knowledge must always contact the library to look for the needed knowl­edge.

Mr. Kainyiah recalled that in 2010 Madam Mercy Ackah then in charge of the Axim Library wanted to create a small cor­ner in the library for children to come and learn.

He said as an NGO, he started thinking of how to help build a bigger Library for Axim since the population was growing and the library was old and too small to accommo­date those who visited it for knowledge and more so to get another corner for children.

He said he consulted Madam Marian Ward of the United States of America (USA) who readily agreed to look for funding for a new library and to get some books for the new library and today a new Library Complex well stocked with books of diverse subjects is being opened for Axim.

He urged all students in and around Axim to visit the library to gain more knowledge or to research into any subject mat­ter since the library was well equipped.

The Municipal Director of Education, Mr. Nathaniel Affum also said libraries represented different subjects which talked about different people and was the best place to access more knowledge.

He said without libraries it would be very difficult to advance since libraries provid­ed the needed knowledge to research and solve problems.

He said reading was a major challenge in Ghana adding “the Western Region was sec­ond but last in the new school curriculum because of poor reading habits”.

Mr. Philip Yaw Asamoah of the Ghana Library Authority (GLA) noted that the commis­sioning of the library would be the beginning of the promotion of literacy at Axim.

He said it would enable the young generation as well as the old to study easily and choose where to follow in terms of future career.

Mr. John Abugri who repre­sented the Member of Par­liament (MP) suggested that schools should liase with the (GLA) and choose specific days for students to visit the library as a way to draw their inter­est in reading and visiting the library.

A Police station built in the colonial days was renovated and handed over to the Ghana Police Service.

The Chairman of the occa­sion, the Paramount Chief of Lower Axim, Awulae Attibruk­usu 111 appealed to the MP to provide 40 computer desks to the library while the municipal assembly should furnish the conference hall with furniture.

From Peter Gbambila-Axim